[Python-Dev] undocumented help() function change in Python 3.4? (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 06:48:56 CET 2014


On 8 March 2014 11:29, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

Perhaps add something to

Other Language Changes ---------------------- * Signatures reported by help() have been modified and improved by Argument Clinic and changes to the inspect module.

Yeah, the changes to help() are doubly indirect - help() uses pydoc which uses inspect, and inspect saw a lot of changes.

I'll make a few updates to the What's New to help make the consequences of this clearer.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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