pydoc for namespace packages indicates FILE as built-in

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#68,441 opened on May 21, 2015 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: documentation

Research direction

Start by reproducing the pydoc output for a namespace package and inspect how it labels FILE as built-in. The issue does not name a source file or test; done means the namespace package is no longer reported as a built-in, with coverage for the affected behavior.

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Description

3.10 3.11 3.9 (EOL) stdlib type-bug

BPO	24253
Nosy	@iritkatriel

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-05-21.04:37:38.192>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'pydoc for namespace packages indicates FILE as built-in'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-07.13:28:04.970>
user = 'https://github.com/anntzer'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-12-07.13:28:04.970>
actor = 'Antony.Lee'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-05-21.04:37:38.192>
creator = 'Antony.Lee'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24253
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['243728', '407924']
nosy_count = 1.0
nosy_names = ['iritkatriel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24253'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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