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| -rwxr-xr-x | Lib/pydoc.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_pydoc.py | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py index a70f016..76a2b64 100755 --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ 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 91a9977..7990d3a 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py @@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ 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 = run_pydoc(missing_module) + expected = missing_pattern % missing_module.strip() + self.assertEqual(expected, result, + "white space was not stripped from module name " + "or other error output mismatch") + class TestDescriptions(unittest.TestCase): @@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #6121: pydoc now ignores leading and trailing spaces in the + argument to the 'help' function. + - In unittest, using a skipping decorator on a class is now equivalent to skipping every test on the class. The ClassTestSuite class has been removed. |