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r72966 | r.david.murray | 2009-05-27 16:07:21 -0400 (Wed, 27 May 2009) | 4 lines
fix issue #6121 by stripping spaces from the argument in the 'help'
function.
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diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 3afb981..1103b01 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):