[issue19914] help([object]) returns "Not enough memory." on standard Python types, object and object functions

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

cp65001 fails in many ways quite independent of Python.
Idle:
>>> "ሴé€㑖Ѓ⌴*"
'ሴé€㑖Ѓ⌴*'
Pasting the same string into Command Prompt (Win 7, USA, updated):
C:\Users\Terry>echo "?‚????*"
"?‚????*"

C:\Users\Terry>chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001

C:\Users\Terry>echo "*"
The system cannot write to the specified device.
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help('xyz') treats string instances specially. Try 'topics' or 'LISTS'.
I opened #19980 for improving the 'not found' message.

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nosy: +terry.reedy
resolution:  -> invalid
status: open -> closed

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