[issue39079] help() modifies the string module

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

There's no reasonable way I can see to fix this. The reassignment of those string attributes is clearly intentional (it's even documented) and there's probably code somewhere that relies on it. I think the best we can do is close as "won't fix" though "not a bug" may be more accurate: the code is clearly behaving as intended and designed, even if the design is questionable.

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