pydoc should display the expression for a builtin argument default, not its result

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assignee = 'https://github.com/larryhastings'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-08-09.10:10:56.309>
labels = ['type-feature']
title = 'pydoc should display the expression for a builtin argument default, not its result'
updated_at = <Date 2018-09-22.07:42:59.652>
user = 'https://github.com/larryhastings'

activity = <Date 2018-09-22.07:42:59.652>
actor = 'xtreak'
assignee = 'larry'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = []
creation = <Date 2015-08-09.10:10:56.309>
creator = 'larry'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24834
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['248318']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['larry', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'yselivanov', 'xtreak']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24834'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

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