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gh-138094: Fix misleading suggestions in interactive help
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I think it's worth adding an entry to the "What's New in Python 3.15" page too, because this seems like a feature, not a bugfix.
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-08-23-14-07-56.gh-issue-138094.U92SHS.rst
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Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <[email protected]>
I'm not sure, just because this PR alone represents pretty minor tweaks to Of course, happy to defer to y'all's judgment, though. |
Alternatively, we could add a |
This PR represents an attempt to address both of the issues raised in #138094 by changing how
help(help)
is handled, and by removing suggested calls tohelp(...)
in the output when we can't find a given topic in interactive mode.Happy to adjust if need be (or to separate this into 2 PR's if that would be better).
help
function: misleading output in interactive mode, confusing output forhelp(help)
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