Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment:
help(1) as well as help(int) output the help for int. The only difference is that the former has the first line "Help on int object:", and the latter -- "Help on class int in module builtins:". If IPython wants to output the help on the instance, it should change the implementation of `?` and `??`. It would be better if it correctly attribute the source of the docstring: the object itself, its class or its superclass. It was difficult to distinguish these cases before, now it is easier. By the way, I just tried IPython 5.5.0 with Python 3.6.9, and it does not output the docstring either: In [1]: a = 1 In [2]: a?? Type: int String form: 1 ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40257> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
