[issue12894] pydoc help("modules keyword") is failing when a module throws an exception at the import time

2011-09-04 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks for the suggested fix. It looks like the problem and fix have already been documented in Issue7425. Merging this into the existing issue. -- nosy: +ned.deily resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder:

[issue12894] pydoc help("modules keyword") is failing when a module throws an exception at the import time

2011-09-04 Thread Christian S. Perone
New submission from Christian S. Perone : Pydoc is failing when running the ModuleScanner().run() when you execute: help("modules keyword") ... if some module throws an exception at the import time. See this example: >>> help("modules convolve") Here is a list of matching modules. Enter any