New submission from sparrowt <sparr...@gmail.com>:
When running python from an embeddable windows zip file such as: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.10/python-3.9.10-embed-amd64.zip the `help` command within `pdb` is broken due to missing docstrings, as demonstrated below. Python 3.9.10 (tags/v3.9.10:f2f3f53, Jan 17 2022, 15:14:21) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 >>> import pdb >>> pdb.set_trace() --Return-- > <stdin>(1)<module>()->None (Pdb) help interact Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "bdb.py", line 92, in trace_dispatch File "bdb.py", line 151, in dispatch_return File "pdb.py", line 294, in user_return File "pdb.py", line 357, in interaction File "pdb.py", line 322, in _cmdloop File "cmd.py", line 138, in cmdloop File "pdb.py", line 422, in onecmd File "cmd.py", line 217, in onecmd File "pdb.py", line 1496, in do_help AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rstrip' >>> >>> print(pdb.Pdb.do_interact.__doc__) None ---------- components: Library (Lib), Windows messages: 410970 nosy: paul.moore, sparrowt, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: pdb help fails with AttributeError when using Windows embeddable package versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46434> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
