help() is too noisy for types used like functions
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Description
| BPO | 45491 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @rhettinger |
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GitHub fields:
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created_at = <Date 2021-10-15.21:29:28.328>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.11']
title = 'help() is too noisy for types used like functions'
updated_at = <Date 2021-10-15.21:29:28.328>
user = 'https://github.com/rhettinger'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45491'
versions = ['Python 3.11']
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing help() for types used like functions and inspect the implementation and existing tests that govern its output. Clarify which parts are considered noisy, then add coverage showing the intended concise behavior and verify the relevant test suite passes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100