commit 61bfb736b4989b7eb639c63ef0589c8e398bfc5a
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sun Jul 13 10:25:14 2003 +0000
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sun Jul 13 10:25:14 2003 +0000
tree eb72e52be844acc27227c3a613d43fd73acc4971
parent 6702d8af7103bb59024efe1ec9868c2c2a01739c

SF bug #769142:  CallTip trimming may loop forever.

Needs to be backported to both IDLE and IDLEFORK.

Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
index 3f247d4..65e67d7 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@
             except:
                 pass
         # See if we can use the docstring
-        doc = getattr(ob, "__doc__", "")
+        doc = getattr(ob, "__doc__", "").lstrip()
         if doc:
-            while doc[:1] in " \t\n":
-                doc = doc[1:]
             pos = doc.find("\n")
             if pos < 0 or pos > 70:
                 pos = 70