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authorSanyam Khurana <8039608+CuriousLearner@users.noreply.github.com>2018-12-31 10:44:47 +0530
committerNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2018-12-31 15:14:47 +1000
commitb539cef31c060c7eecc331d25a23b80ded0baf08 (patch)
tree9fed434820ac61d691b3f385a7aeebb897964d73 /Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
parent1d300ce1d8238136595c8fea76266a4755cd73a2 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-b539cef31c060c7eecc331d25a23b80ded0baf08.tar.gz
bpo-35614: Fix pydoc help() on metaclasses (#11357)
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index 409fea4a5e..c58a8b13e7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -636,6 +636,17 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
# Testing that the subclasses section does not appear
self.assertNotIn('Built-in subclasses', text)
+ def test_builtin_on_metaclasses(self):
+ """Tests help on metaclasses.
+
+ When running help() on a metaclasses such as type, it
+ should not contain any "Built-in subclasses" section.
+ """
+ doc = pydoc.TextDoc()
+ text = doc.docclass(type)
+ # Testing that the subclasses section does not appear
+ self.assertNotIn('Built-in subclasses', text)
+
@unittest.skipIf(sys.flags.optimize >= 2,
'Docstrings are omitted with -O2 and above')
@unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(),