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.
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