[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Change by Sanyam Khurana : -- assignee: -> CuriousLearner versions: +Python 3.8 -Python 3.7 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-li

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Sanyam Khurana added the comment: I've changed the version to 3.7. Not sure if this would need a backport since this is a new feature. So, I'll defer this call to a core developer. I've created a PR for the new feature. -- versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 3.2 ___

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

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[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Sanyam Khurana added the comment: Hi, It seems that it hasn't been worked upon from quite a long time and the patch would also need changes. May I work on this? -- nosy: +CuriousLearner ___ Python tracker

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

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[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Rob Cliffe added the comment: Originally I only had built-in classes in mind (with Exceptions being IMO the most obvious example of a built-in class hierarchy that it is useful to find your way around). But if the idea can be extended to other classes, well, great. Rob Cliffe -- __

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Éric Araujo added the comment: Yes, I imagine the feature to be useful to find subclasses defined in the same module. Rob, am I misunderstanding your original request? -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Éric Araujo wrote: .. > Didn’t the first message ask for the feature to be extended to non-exceptions > classes?  “Built-in” > subclasses is a red herring, to me the feature is: display subclasses.  In > the text output y

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Éric Araujo added the comment: Didn’t the first message ask for the feature to be extended to non-exceptions classes? “Built-in” subclasses is a red herring, to me the feature is: display subclasses. In the text output you can use the search feature of your pager to jump to a subclass, in t

[issue8525] Display exception's subclasses in help()

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The proposal is to display builtin subclasses as for example: >>> help(ArithmeticError) class ArithmeticError(Exception) | Base class for arithmetic errors. | | Method resolution order: | ArithmeticError | Exception | BaseExceptio