Fix for SF 686380, from SF patch 686771 by Ping. (errors trying to
get help on os attributes)
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index e27adb9..4513733 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@
def locate(path, forceload=0):
"""Locate an object by name or dotted path, importing as necessary."""
- parts = split(path, '.')
+ parts = [part for part in split(path, '.') if part]
module, n = None, 0
while n < len(parts):
nextmodule = safeimport(join(parts[:n+1], '.'), forceload)