Jessica McKellar added the comment: @BreamoreBoy, thanks for following up on this!
> I propose the following. help('') returns help on strings in the same way > that help([]) and help({}) returns help on lists and dicts respectively, Sounds good. > further help(''.method) returns help on the string method or an attribute > error, so this appears to me consistent. This already happens (which I think you are saying, but it's a bit confusing in reading your message which functionality you are proposing to add and which functionality you are restating that already exists). > help('doh') returns enhanced output along the lines Terry suggested in > msg206157. Sounds good. > help('module') gives the path to the module as well as the help output, if > any, as I think this could be useful in cases where you're looking for > problems and have a stdlib module masked by a file of your own. I think you are stating the current functionality? > Note that I've tried looking at the test code and it didn't make much sense > to me, pointers welcome. Do you have specific questions? Terry suggests that help() tests for functionality using pydoc live in test_pydoc.py, and that help() tests for functionality not using pydoc live in test_site.py. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19980> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com