[issue39079] help() modifies the string module

[Steven D'Aprano]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> added the comment:

I am unable to reproduce this.

Can you double check that this occurs in the plain Python interpreter or IDLE, and provide a minimum reproducible example? (No third-party IDEs or interpreters, such as Jupyter.)

These guidelines may help:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_working_example

http://sscce.org/

https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example

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