PyDoc Partial Functions

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the attached partial.patch and bpo30129.py, then locate the current PyDoc entry point and its existing coverage for partial functions. Confirm the intended behavior from the issue and attachments, implement support in the current code, and verify that PyDoc displays partial functions correctly with appropriate tests.

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Description

3.7 (EOL) stdlib type-feature
BPO 12154
Nosy @rhettinger, @ezio-melotti, @merwok, @phmc, @aaronchall, @tirkarthi
Files
  • partial.patch: Patch to include partial functions in PyDoc
  • bpo30129.py
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-05-23.09:15:31.245>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-feature', 'library']
title = 'PyDoc Partial Functions'
updated_at = <Date 2018-11-06.07:53:20.163>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/JJeffries'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2018-11-06.07:53:20.163>
actor = 'xtreak'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2011-05-23.09:15:31.245>
creator = 'JJeffries'
dependencies = []
files = ['22086', '47910']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 12154
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['136596', '136600', '136642', '136660', '136686', '136779', '136966', '301180', '317971', '329349']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'ezio.melotti', 'eric.araujo', 'JJeffries', 'pconnell', 'Aaron Hall', 'xtreak']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12154'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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