[IPython-dev] instance docstring vs class docstring

[Gael Varoquaux]

This is not real the right mailing list to ask this question, but as it
is ipython related I will go ahead...

If I have a module with code like this:

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class A(object):
    "A"
    pass

a = A()

a.__doc__="a"
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and I import it in ipython.

a? return the proper docstring (the instance's), but "help(a)" returns
the class's docstring.

Is there a way to avoid this inconvenient ? Do you think modifying
ipython's "help" function to workaround this would be a good idea ?

Cheers,

Gaël