[issue5560] help() no longer reports module docstrings

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: The code you show was never part of the python project; But I found that it can come from a customized version for some Linux distributions: http://patches.ubuntu.com/by-release/extracted/ubuntu/p/python3.0/3.0~b3+20080915-0ubuntu1/deb-locations.dpatch Th

[issue5560] help() no longer reports module docstrings

Senthil added the comment: This is issue is FIXED in the trunk code. Please ignore my previous comment. The problem area is in between line 350-352 in the Python 3.0:pydoc.py module. 348 docloc = os.environ.get("PYTHONDOCS", 349 "http://docs.python.org/

[issue5560] help() no longer reports module docstrings

Changes by Senthil : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file13418/unnamed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscrib

[issue5560] help() no longer reports module docstrings

Senthil added the comment: Confirming this bug. It seems to be the case with the code in py3k trunk also. -- nosy: +orsenthil Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13418/unnamed ___ Python tracker

[issue5560] help() no longer reports module docstrings

New submission from geremy condra : In 2.x, help(module) reported the docstrings from name when invoked. In 3.0, it simply reports the location of that module. pydoc3.0 invoked at the commandline behaves identically. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 84143 nosy: debatem1 severity: n