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bpo-20285: Improve help docs for object (GH-4759)

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Cheryl Sabella 2019-05-24 06:43:29 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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Lib/pydoc.py
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@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ class HTMLDoc(Doc):
thisclass = attrs[0][2]
attrs, inherited = _split_list(attrs, lambda t: t[2] is thisclass)
if thisclass is builtins.object:
if object is not builtins.object and thisclass is builtins.object:
attrs = inherited
continue
elif thisclass is object:
@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ location listed above.
thisclass = attrs[0][2]
attrs, inherited = _split_list(attrs, lambda t: t[2] is thisclass)
if thisclass is builtins.object:
if object is not builtins.object and thisclass is builtins.object:
attrs = inherited
continue
elif thisclass is object:

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Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2017-12-08-20-30-37.bpo-20285.cfnp0J.rst Normal file
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Expand object.__doc__ (docstring) to make it clearer.
Modify pydoc.py so that help(object) lists object methods
(for other classes, help omits methods of the object base class.)

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Objects/typeobject.c
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@ -4750,6 +4750,11 @@ static PyMethodDef object_methods[] = {
{0}
};
PyDoc_STRVAR(object_doc,
"object()\n--\n\n"
"The base class of the class hierarchy.\n\n"
"When called, it accepts no arguments and returns a new featureless\n"
"instance that has no instance attributes and cannot be given any.\n");
PyTypeObject PyBaseObject_Type = {
PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
@ -4772,7 +4777,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyBaseObject_Type = {
PyObject_GenericSetAttr, /* tp_setattro */
0, /* tp_as_buffer */
Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /* tp_flags */
PyDoc_STR("object()\n--\n\nThe most base type"), /* tp_doc */
object_doc, /* tp_doc */
0, /* tp_traverse */
0, /* tp_clear */
object_richcompare, /* tp_richcompare */