Issue #19980: Improved help() for non-recognized strings. help('') now
shows the help on str. help('help') now shows the help on help().
Original patch by Mark Lawrence.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 861216e..7707f67 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@
Simon Law
Julia Lawall
Chris Lawrence
+Mark Lawrence
Brian Leair
Mathieu Leduc-Hamel
Amandine Lee
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e9560e3..f1a1410 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
Library
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+
+- Issue #19980: Improved help() for non-recognized strings. help('') now
+ shows the help on str. help('help') now shows the help on help().
+ Original patch by Mark Lawrence.
+
- Issue #23521: Corrected pure python implementation of timedelta division.
* Eliminated OverflowError from timedelta * float for some floats;