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gh-161414: Remove the backquote from the pydoc symbols - #161416
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Helper.symbols mapped the backquote to the BACKQUOTES topic, which was
removed along with Python 2's backquote syntax, so help('`') reported
"no documentation found for 'BACKQUOTES'".
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Great find! One small nitpick.
I think that this can be safely backported, because previously it did not show anything useful as well.
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Thanks @andresdelfino for the PR, and @StanFromIreland for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14, 3.15. |
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GH-161438 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.15 branch. |
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GH-161439 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch. |
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pydoc.Helper.symbolsmapped the backquote to theBACKQUOTEStopic, which no longer exists, sohelp('`')printed "no documentation found for 'BACKQUOTES'". The backquote is not valid syntax in Python 3, so this removes the entry. It was the only symbol that did not lead to documentation.The new test calls
Helper.showsymbol()for every symbol and checks that each one leads to documentation; it fails without the fix.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
help()has no documentation for it #161414