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-rwxr-xr-xLib/pydoc.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_pydoc.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-07-01-16-40-54.gh-issue-102541.C1ahtk.rst1
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.