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[#26757] Python console: help() doesn't work anymore

Date:
2011-04-03 19:09 Priority:
3

State:
Closed

Submitted by:
Lionel Fuentes (funto) Assigned to:
Campbell Barton (campbellbarton)

Category:
None Status:
Fixed / Closed

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Summary:
Python console: help() doesn't work anymore

Detailed description

Open a Python console inside Blender, type "help()"

>>> help()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<blender_console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: _help() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)

It doesn't work with given objects as well:

>>> help(bpy)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<blender_console>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/funto/Bureau/blender-2.57-RC1a-r35899-linux-glibc27-i686/2.56/scripts/modules/console_python.py", line 45, in _help
help(value)
NameError: global name 'help' is not defined

This worked with 2.56a though.

Followup

Message

Date: 2011-04-03 21:58
Sender: Sergey Sharybin
It's not actually build-related issue as i thought initially. Sounds like things became broken when scripts loading was optimized. We need our python departament to review.

Campbell, this happens because help() gets defined in sethelper() function from site.py. Am i right we don't load this module now? If so, you could find patch which makes out help replacement works in the same way as help from site.py in attachments (i've replaced value argument with args list and keyword list and hall pydoc.help instead of help as it happens in site.py)

Date: 2011-04-04 01:12
Sender: Campbell Barton
fixed r35983.

Attached Files:

Name	Date	Download

python_help.patch	2011-04-03 21:58	Download

Changes:

Field	Old Value	Date	By

status_id	Open	2011-04-04 01:12	campbellbarton
close_date	None	2011-04-04 01:12	campbellbarton
Status	Ready	2011-04-04 01:12	campbellbarton
assigned_to	nazgul	2011-04-03 21:58	nazgul
Status	New	2011-04-03 21:58	nazgul
File Added	15718: python_help.patch	2011-04-03 21:58	nazgul
assigned_to	none	2011-04-03 21:38	nazgul