Issue 3190: pydoc now hides module __package__ attributes

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 58e80676d1..2035f7889e 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ def _split_list(s, predicate):
 def visiblename(name, all=None):
     """Decide whether to show documentation on a variable."""
     # Certain special names are redundant.
-    if name in ('__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__path__',
-                '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__'): return 0
+    _hidden_names = ('__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__path__',
+                     '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__', '__package__')
+    if name in _hidden_names: return 0
     # Private names are hidden, but special names are displayed.
     if name.startswith('__') and name.endswith('__'): return 1
     if all is not None: