A possible bug with help

Colin J. Williams cjw at sympatico.ca
Sun May 30 09:46:16 EDT 2004


The interactive function help(object) generally delivers the doc string 
of the object and, in the case of a class, with the doc strings of the 
methods, properties and attributes.

If the object is a property, then help doesn't return the doc defined
for that property.

For example:
 >>> help(m.M.A)
Help on property:

<property object at 0x00A7D8A0>

In this case m is a module, m.M is a class and m.M.A is a property of M,
defined as:
   A=        property(fget= toArray,
                     doc= 'Deliver the data as an array.')
Colin W.




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