[3.13] gh-120541: Improve the "less" prompt in pydoc (GH-120543) (GH-120562)

When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
__name__ if available, otherwise use "{typename} object".
(cherry picked from commit 31d1d72d7e)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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Miss Islington (bot) 2024-06-15 20:21:13 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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3 changed files with 59 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from test.support import os_helper
from test.support.script_helper import (assert_python_ok,
assert_python_failure, spawn_python)
from test.support import threading_helper
from test.support import (reap_children, captured_output, captured_stdout,
from test.support import (reap_children, captured_stdout,
captured_stderr, is_emscripten, is_wasi,
requires_docstrings, MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS)
from test.support.os_helper import (TESTFN, rmtree, unlink)
@ -675,9 +675,8 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
help_header = textwrap.dedent(help_header)
expected_help_pattern = help_header + expected_text_pattern
with captured_output('stdout') as output, \
captured_output('stderr') as err, \
StringIO() as buf:
with captured_stdout() as output, captured_stderr() as err:
buf = StringIO()
helper = pydoc.Helper(output=buf)
helper.help(module)
result = buf.getvalue().strip()
@ -701,9 +700,8 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
def run_pydoc_for_request(request, expected_text_part):
"""Helper function to run pydoc with its output redirected"""
with captured_output('stdout') as output, \
captured_output('stderr') as err, \
StringIO() as buf:
with captured_stdout() as output, captured_stderr() as err:
buf = StringIO()
helper = pydoc.Helper(output=buf)
helper.help(request)
result = buf.getvalue().strip()
@ -737,6 +735,45 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
run_pydoc_for_request(pydoc.Helper.help, 'Help on function help in module pydoc:')
# test for pydoc.Helper() instance skipped because it is always meant to be interactive
@unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(),
'trace function introduces __locals__ unexpectedly')
@requires_docstrings
def test_help_output_pager(self):
def run_pydoc_pager(request, what, expected_first_line):
with (captured_stdout() as output,
captured_stderr() as err,
unittest.mock.patch('pydoc.pager') as pager_mock,
self.subTest(repr(request))):
helper = pydoc.Helper()
helper.help(request)
self.assertEqual('', err.getvalue())
self.assertEqual('\n', output.getvalue())
pager_mock.assert_called_once()
result = clean_text(pager_mock.call_args.args[0])
self.assertEqual(result.splitlines()[0], expected_first_line)
self.assertEqual(pager_mock.call_args.args[1], f'Help on {what}')
run_pydoc_pager('%', 'EXPRESSIONS', 'Operator precedence')
run_pydoc_pager('True', 'bool object', 'Help on bool object:')
run_pydoc_pager(True, 'bool object', 'Help on bool object:')
run_pydoc_pager('assert', 'assert', 'The "assert" statement')
run_pydoc_pager('TYPES', 'TYPES', 'The standard type hierarchy')
run_pydoc_pager('pydoc.Helper.help', 'pydoc.Helper.help',
'Help on function help in pydoc.Helper:')
run_pydoc_pager(pydoc.Helper.help, 'Helper.help',
'Help on function help in module pydoc:')
run_pydoc_pager('str', 'str', 'Help on class str in module builtins:')
run_pydoc_pager(str, 'str', 'Help on class str in module builtins:')
run_pydoc_pager('str.upper', 'str.upper', 'Help on method_descriptor in str:')
run_pydoc_pager(str.upper, 'str.upper', 'Help on method_descriptor:')
run_pydoc_pager(str.__add__, 'str.__add__', 'Help on wrapper_descriptor:')
run_pydoc_pager(int.numerator, 'int.numerator',
'Help on getset descriptor builtins.int.numerator:')
run_pydoc_pager(list[int], 'list',
'Help on GenericAlias in module builtins:')
run_pydoc_pager('sys', 'sys', 'Help on built-in module sys:')
run_pydoc_pager(sys, 'sys', 'Help on built-in module sys:')
def test_showtopic(self):
with captured_stdout() as showtopic_io:
helper = pydoc.Helper()
@ -770,9 +807,8 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
# Helper.showtopic should be redirected
self.maxDiff = None
with captured_output('stdout') as output, \
captured_output('stderr') as err, \
StringIO() as buf:
with captured_stdout() as output, captured_stderr() as err:
buf = StringIO()
helper = pydoc.Helper(output=buf)
helper.showtopic('with')
result = buf.getvalue().strip()
@ -785,7 +821,7 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_lambda_with_return_annotation(self):
func = lambda a, b, c: 1
func.__annotations__ = {"return": int}
with captured_output('stdout') as help_io:
with captured_stdout() as help_io:
pydoc.help(func)
helptext = help_io.getvalue()
self.assertIn("lambda (a, b, c) -> int", helptext)
@ -793,7 +829,7 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_lambda_without_return_annotation(self):
func = lambda a, b, c: 1
func.__annotations__ = {"a": int, "b": int, "c": int}
with captured_output('stdout') as help_io:
with captured_stdout() as help_io:
pydoc.help(func)
helptext = help_io.getvalue()
self.assertIn("lambda (a: int, b: int, c: int)", helptext)
@ -801,7 +837,7 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_lambda_with_return_and_params_annotation(self):
func = lambda a, b, c: 1
func.__annotations__ = {"a": int, "b": int, "c": int, "return": int}
with captured_output('stdout') as help_io:
with captured_stdout() as help_io:
pydoc.help(func)
helptext = help_io.getvalue()
self.assertIn("lambda (a: int, b: int, c: int) -> int", helptext)