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diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index e1e6d80..1afc5f7 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ to a file named "<name>.html".
Module docs for core modules are assumed to be in
- http://docs.python.org/library/
+ http://docs.python.org/X.Y/library/
This can be overridden by setting the PYTHONDOCS environment variable
to a different URL or to a local directory containing the Library
Reference Manual pages.
"""
-
+__all__ = ['help']
__author__ = "Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>"
__date__ = "26 February 2001"
@@ -55,14 +55,7 @@ Richard Chamberlain, for the first implementation of textdoc.
import sys, imp, os, re, inspect, builtins, pkgutil
from reprlib import Repr
from traceback import extract_tb as _extract_tb
-try:
- from collections import deque
-except ImportError:
- # Python 2.3 compatibility
- class deque(list):
- def popleft(self):
- return self.pop(0)
-
+from collections import deque
# --------------------------------------------------------- common routines
def pathdirs():
@@ -159,7 +152,8 @@ def visiblename(name, all=None):
"""Decide whether to show documentation on a variable."""
# Certain special names are redundant.
_hidden_names = ('__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__path__',
- '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__', '__package__')
+ '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__', '__package__',
+ '__author__', '__credits__', '__date__', '__version__')
if name in _hidden_names: return 0
# Private names are hidden, but special names are displayed.
if name.startswith('__') and name.endswith('__'): return 1
@@ -306,6 +300,11 @@ def safeimport(path, forceload=0, cache={}):
# ---------------------------------------------------- formatter base class
class Doc:
+
+ PYTHONDOCS = os.environ.get("PYTHONDOCS",
+ "http://docs.python.org/%d.%d/library"
+ % sys.version_info[:2])
+
def document(self, object, name=None, *args):
"""Generate documentation for an object."""
args = (object, name) + args
@@ -340,10 +339,10 @@ class Doc:
except TypeError:
file = '(built-in)'
- docloc = os.environ.get("PYTHONDOCS",
- "http://docs.python.org/library")
+ docloc = os.environ.get("PYTHONDOCS", self.PYTHONDOCS)
+
basedir = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "lib",
- "python"+sys.version[0:3])
+ "python%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])
if (isinstance(object, type(os)) and
(object.__name__ in ('errno', 'exceptions', 'gc', 'imp',
'marshal', 'posix', 'signal', 'sys',
@@ -607,7 +606,7 @@ class HTMLDoc(Doc):
head = head + ' (%s)' % ', '.join(info)
docloc = self.getdocloc(object)
if docloc is not None:
- docloc = '<br><a href="%(docloc)s">Module Docs</a>' % locals()
+ docloc = '<br><a href="%(docloc)s">Module Reference</a>' % locals()
else:
docloc = ''
result = self.heading(
@@ -1016,21 +1015,16 @@ class TextDoc(Doc):
name = object.__name__ # ignore the passed-in name
synop, desc = splitdoc(getdoc(object))
result = self.section('NAME', name + (synop and ' - ' + synop))
-
- try:
- all = object.__all__
- except AttributeError:
- all = None
-
- try:
- file = inspect.getabsfile(object)
- except TypeError:
- file = '(built-in)'
- result = result + self.section('FILE', file)
-
+ all = getattr(object, '__all__', None)
docloc = self.getdocloc(object)
if docloc is not None:
- result = result + self.section('MODULE DOCS', docloc)
+ result = result + self.section('MODULE REFERENCE', docloc + """
+
+The following documentation is automatically generated from the Python source
+files. It may be incomplete, incorrect or include features that are considered
+implementation detail and may vary between Python implementations. When in
+doubt, consult the module reference at the location listed above.
+""")
if desc:
result = result + self.section('DESCRIPTION', desc)
@@ -1109,6 +1103,11 @@ class TextDoc(Doc):
result = result + self.section('AUTHOR', str(object.__author__))
if hasattr(object, '__credits__'):
result = result + self.section('CREDITS', str(object.__credits__))
+ try:
+ file = inspect.getabsfile(object)
+ except TypeError:
+ file = '(built-in)'
+ result = result + self.section('FILE', file)
return result
def docclass(self, object, name=None, mod=None):