[issue40838] inspect.getsourcefile documentation doesn't mention it can return None

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[issue40838] inspect.getsourcefile documentation doesn't mention it can return None

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[issue40838] inspect.getsourcefile documentation doesn't mention it can return None

Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard added the comment: For a more comprehensive list, we currently have for `get*` functions in `inspect`: `inspect.getdoc`: Returns `None` if the documentation string isn't present, either directly on the object or through it mro. This *isn't* documented.

[issue40838] inspect.getsourcefile documentation doesn't mention it can return None

New submission from Pekka Klärck : The docs of inspect.getsourcefile [1] mention the function can raise TypeError, but there's nothing about the function possibly returning None. This caused a bug in our project [2]. If I understand the code [3] correctly, None is returned if getsourcefile