Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 506cab8fc329 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default': Issue #11186: pydoc ignores a module if its name contains a surrogate character http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/506cab8fc329 ---------- nosy: +python-dev _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue11186 _______________________________________

Éric Araujo added the comment: The wording “pydoc ignores a module” is confusing to me: I can’t tell whether it is a description of the bug (“pydoc ignored a module”) or the new, correct behavior (“pydoc now ignores a module”). Regarding the problem and fix itself, I’m wondering. If a user unknowingly creates such a module with an unencodable filename, will they understand why pydoc does not display it? ---------- nosy: +eric.araujo, lemburg, loewis _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue11186 _______________________________________

Éric Araujo added the comment:

It is really a bad idea to choose an *undecodable* name for a module. You will not be able to write its name using "import name" syntax.

Okay, makes sense that pydoc ignores those. You speak about a user choosing to create such a filename though; is it possible to create such a name without knowing it?

For the changelog, feel free to rephrase it.

I don’t currently have SSH access, so please do it. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue11186 _______________________________________