New submission from thp <t...@thpinfo.com>: If I want to get help on a method on a built-in class (e.g. list or str) I can use the help function in the interactive shell:
>>> help(str.split) >>> help(list.append) However, when I try to do the same with the command-line utility "pydoc" it does not work: $ pydoc str.split What does work with the pydoc command is that I use the following command and then search for the function in the resulting output: $ pydoc str # after that, manually search for "split" I've created a patch against Python 2.6's "pydoc.py" that tries to iteratively look up methods in builtins. This keeps the previous behavior as-is, but will give positive results in the cases listed above. ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: pydoc_builtin-classmethods.patch keywords: patch messages: 141494 nosy: thp priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: pydoc str.split does not find the method versions: Python 2.7 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file22817/pydoc_builtin-classmethods.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12674> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
