fix issue #6121 by stripping spaces from the argument in the 'help'
function.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index a70f016..76a2b64 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@
def help(self, request):
if type(request) is type(''):
+ request = request.strip()
if request == 'help': self.intro()
elif request == 'keywords': self.listkeywords()
elif request == 'symbols': self.listsymbols()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index 91a9977..7990d3a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@
self.assertEqual(expected, result,
"documentation for missing module found")
+ def test_input_strip(self):
+ missing_module = " test.i_am_not_here "
+ result = run_pydoc(missing_module)
+ expected = missing_pattern % missing_module.strip()
+ self.assertEqual(expected, result,
+ "white space was not stripped from module name "
+ "or other error output mismatch")
+
class TestDescriptions(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index daab366..a2b8233 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #6121: pydoc now ignores leading and trailing spaces in the
+ argument to the 'help' function.
+
- In unittest, using a skipping decorator on a class is now equivalent to
skipping every test on the class. The ClassTestSuite class has been removed.