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| author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2015-04-03 19:38:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2015-04-03 19:38:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 5cf2b7253dc43b203c2f918416b4d25ad1dbfa7d (patch) | |
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Issue #15582: inspect.getdoc() now follows inheritance chains.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst index 3d2132f..471200f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst +++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst @@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ Retrieving source code .. function:: getdoc(object) Get the documentation string for an object, cleaned up with :func:`cleandoc`. + If the documentation string for an object is not provided and the object is + a class, a method, a property or a descriptor, retrieve the documentation + string from the inheritance hierarchy. .. function:: getcomments(object) |