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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-05-21 20:56:15 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-05-21 20:56:15 (GMT)
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In both spilldata() functions, pretend that the docstring for
non-callable objects is always None. This makes for less confusing output and fixes the problem reported in SF patch #550290.
-rwxr-xr-xLib/pydoc.py10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index de6fc63..4cff5f3 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -675,7 +675,10 @@ TT { font-family: lucidatypewriter, lucida console, courier }
push(msg)
for name, kind, homecls, value in ok:
base = self.docother(getattr(object, name), name, mod)
- doc = getattr(value, "__doc__", None)
+ if callable(value):
+ doc = getattr(value, "__doc__", None)
+ else:
+ doc = None
if doc is None:
push('<dl><dt>%s</dl>\n' % base)
else:
@@ -1067,7 +1070,10 @@ class TextDoc(Doc):
hr.maybe()
push(msg)
for name, kind, homecls, value in ok:
- doc = getattr(value, "__doc__", None)
+ if callable(value):
+ doc = getattr(value, "__doc__", None)
+ else:
+ doc = None
push(self.docother(getattr(object, name),
name, mod, 70, doc) + '\n')
return attrs