Bugs item #1367183, was opened at 2005-11-26 12:42 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1367183&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Drew Perttula (drewp) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: inspect.getdoc fails on objs that use property for __doc__ Initial Comment: inspect.getdoc has these lines: if not isinstance(doc, types.StringTypes): return None which interfere with the case where __doc__ is some other thing that has a good __str__. I wanted to make a lazy __doc__ that did an expensive lookup of some external documentation only when it was str()'d, but since doc displayers often (correctly) use inspect.getdoc, they were getting None. I think the intention of the test in getdoc() is to avoid trying string operations on a __doc__ that is None. I think that a more lenient version would allow me to do my fancy docstrings but still solve the '__doc__ is None' problem. Please consider the following patch: if doc is None: return None doc = str(doc) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1367183&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com