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-rwxr-xr-x | Lib/pydoc.py | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_pydoc.py | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-07-01-16-40-54.gh-issue-102541.C1ahtk.rst | 1 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py index d69369d..185f09e 100755 --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1790,7 +1790,11 @@ def doc(thing, title='Python Library Documentation: %s', forceload=0, raise print(exc) else: - output.write(render_doc(thing, title, forceload, plaintext)) + try: + s = render_doc(thing, title, forceload, plaintext) + except ImportError as exc: + s = str(exc) + output.write(s) def writedoc(thing, forceload=0): """Write HTML documentation to a file in the current directory.""" diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py index cefc71c..115ffd3 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py @@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase): # Testing that the subclasses section does not appear self.assertNotIn('Built-in subclasses', text) + def test_fail_help_output_redirect(self): + with StringIO() as buf: + helper = pydoc.Helper(output=buf) + helper.help("abd") + expected = missing_pattern % "abd" + self.assertEqual(expected, buf.getvalue().strip().replace('\n', os.linesep)) + @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(), 'trace function introduces __locals__ unexpectedly') @requires_docstrings diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-07-01-16-40-54.gh-issue-102541.C1ahtk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-07-01-16-40-54.gh-issue-102541.C1ahtk.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..efaf5db --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-07-01-16-40-54.gh-issue-102541.C1ahtk.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Make pydoc.doc catch bad module ImportError when output stream is not None. |