[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-446874 ] 2.2a1: constructors have no docstring

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Bugs item #446874, was opened at 2001-08-01 10:47
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Category: type/class unification
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter)
Assigned to: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Summary: 2.2a1: constructors have no docstring

Initial Comment:
In 2.2a1 the constructors of the builtin types don't 
have docstrings:

>>> list.__init__
<slot wrapper '__init__' of 'list' objects>
>>> list.__init__.__doc__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'wrapper_descriptor' object has no 
attribute '__doc__'

If this can't be fixed, the documentation for the 
constructor arguments should be part of the docstring 
for the type object as it's done for list, but not for 
dictionary:
>>> print list.__doc__
list() -> new list
list(sequence) -> new list initialized from sequence's 
items
>>> print dictionary.__doc__
dictionary type

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