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Title: Broken help() on metaclasses
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.8
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: CuriousLearner, belopolsky, eric.araujo, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka
Priority: normal Keywords: patch, patch, patch

Created on 2018-12-29 15:21 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 11357 merged CuriousLearner, 2018-12-29 18:45
PR 11357 merged CuriousLearner, 2018-12-29 18:45
PR 11357 merged CuriousLearner, 2018-12-29 18:45
Messages (4)
msg332720 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-29 15:21
$ ./python -m pydoc abc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2765, in <module>
    cli()
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2727, in cli
    help.help(arg)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1967, in help
    elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1690, in doc
    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1683, in render_doc
    return title % desc + '\n\n' + renderer.document(object, name)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 385, in document
    if inspect.ismodule(object): return self.docmodule(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1182, in docmodule
    contents.append(self.document(value, key, name))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 386, in document
    if inspect.isclass(object): return self.docclass(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1258, in docclass
    (str(cls.__name__) for cls in object.__subclasses__()
TypeError: descriptor '__subclasses__' of 'type' object needs an argument

$ ./python -m pydoc enum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2765, in <module>
    cli()
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2727, in cli
    help.help(arg)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1967, in help
    elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1690, in doc
    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1683, in render_doc
    return title % desc + '\n\n' + renderer.document(object, name)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 385, in document
    if inspect.ismodule(object): return self.docmodule(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1182, in docmodule
    contents.append(self.document(value, key, name))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 386, in document
    if inspect.isclass(object): return self.docclass(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1258, in docclass
    (str(cls.__name__) for cls in object.__subclasses__()
TypeError: descriptor '__subclasses__' of 'type' object needs an argument

"object" is a metaclass (abc.ABCMeta or enum.EnumMeta) in tracebacks above.

The regression was introduced in issue8525.
msg332726 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-29 17:35
It fails also for builtin "type".

$ ./python -m pydoc type
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2765, in <module>
    cli()
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2727, in cli
    help.help(arg)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1967, in help
    elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1690, in doc
    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1683, in render_doc
    return title % desc + '\n\n' + renderer.document(object, name)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 386, in document
    if inspect.isclass(object): return self.docclass(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1258, in docclass
    (str(cls.__name__) for cls in object.__subclasses__()
TypeError: descriptor '__subclasses__' of 'type' object needs an argument
msg332727 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-29 17:51
There are two ways of solving this issue: 1) skip this chunk of code if object is a type subclass, 2) use `type.__subclasses__(object)` instead of `object.__subclasses__()`.
msg332802 - (view) Author: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-12-31 05:14
New changeset b539cef31c060c7eecc331d25a23b80ded0baf08 by Nick Coghlan (Sanyam Khurana) in branch 'master':
bpo-35614: Fix pydoc help() on metaclasses (#11357)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b539cef31c060c7eecc331d25a23b80ded0baf08
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:09adminsetgithub: 79795
2018-12-31 05:19:43ncoghlansetkeywords: patch, patch, patch
status: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2018-12-31 05:14:50ncoghlansetmessages: + msg332802
2018-12-29 18:45:45CuriousLearnersetkeywords: + patch
stage: patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request10672
2018-12-29 18:45:36CuriousLearnersetkeywords: + patch
stage: (no value)
pull_requests: + pull_request10671
2018-12-29 18:45:26CuriousLearnersetkeywords: + patch
stage: (no value)
pull_requests: + pull_request10670
2018-12-29 17:51:31serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg332727
2018-12-29 17:35:51serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg332726
2018-12-29 15:21:50serhiy.storchakacreate