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| -rwxr-xr-x | Lib/pydoc.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_pydoc.py | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py index dd4fdfd..6475dec 100755 --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1740,6 +1740,7 @@ has the same effect as typing a particular string at the help> prompt. def help(self, request): if type(request) is type(''): + request = request.strip() if request == 'help': self.intro() elif request == 'keywords': self.listkeywords() elif request == 'symbols': self.listsymbols() diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py index 95a11af..03b3539 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py @@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ class PyDocDocTest(unittest.TestCase): self.assertEqual(expected, result, "documentation for missing module found") + def test_input_strip(self): + missing_module = " test.i_am_not_here " + result = str(run_pydoc(missing_module), 'ascii') + expected = missing_pattern % missing_module.strip() + self.assertEqual(expected, result) + class TestDescriptions(unittest.TestCase): @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #6121: pydoc now ignores leading and trailing spaces in the + argument to the 'help' function. + - Issue #6118: urllib.parse.quote_plus ignored the encoding and errors arguments for strings with a space in them. |