As per python-dev discussion with Eli, properly document and publish dis.show_code

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/dis.py b/Lib/dis.py
index 1f56014..f64bae6 100644
--- a/Lib/dis.py
+++ b/Lib/dis.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from opcode import *
 from opcode import __all__ as _opcodes_all
 
 __all__ = ["code_info", "dis", "disassemble", "distb", "disco",
-           "findlinestarts", "findlabels"] + _opcodes_all
+           "findlinestarts", "findlabels", "show_code"] + _opcodes_all
 del _opcodes_all
 
 _have_code = (types.MethodType, types.FunctionType, types.CodeType, type)
@@ -140,12 +140,8 @@ def _format_code_info(co):
             lines.append("%4d: %s" % i_n)
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
-# show_code is deliberately undocumented and left out of __all__,
-# since it doesn't offer any real benefit over code_info() above
-# It is only retained because it already existed and was not
-# marked as private in previous versions of Python
 def show_code(co):
-    """Show details about a code object."""
+    """Print details of methods, functions, or code to stdout."""
     print(code_info(co))
 
 def disassemble(co, lasti=-1):