Issue #23008: Fixed resolving attributes with boolean value is False in pydoc.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 264e407e47..306dcafae0 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ def resolve(thing, forceload=0):
     """Given an object or a path to an object, get the object and its name."""
     if isinstance(thing, str):
         object = locate(thing, forceload)
-        if not object:
+        if object is None:
             raise ImportError('''\
 No Python documentation found for %r.
 Use help() to get the interactive help utility.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index 50ed4d51ec..6a967c30ab 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -1006,6 +1006,14 @@ class PydocWithMetaClasses(unittest.TestCase):
         result = output.getvalue().strip()
         self.assertEqual(expected_text, result)
 
+    def test_resolve_false(self):
+        # Issue #23008: pydoc enum.{,Int}Enum failed
+        # because bool(enum.Enum) is False.
+        with captured_stdout() as help_io:
+            pydoc.help('enum.Enum')
+        helptext = help_io.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn('class Enum', helptext)
+
 
 @reap_threads
 def test_main():
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 515a6ef0ad..0c38481351 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #23008: Fixed resolving attributes with boolean value is False in pydoc.
+
 - Fix asyncio issue 235: LifoQueue and PriorityQueue's put didn't
   increment unfinished tasks (this bug was introduced when
   JoinableQueue was merged with Queue).