[Python-Dev] pydoc 1.58 - added repr_str

[Michael Hudson]

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

> I just checked in pydoc.py 1.58.  The change of type("").__name__
> from "string" to "str" between Python 2.1 and 2.2 busted the special
> method lookup in pydoc.HTMLRepr and pydoc.TextRepr.  This belongs in
> 2.2.1.

Noted.

> SF seems at least mildly busted at the moment.

Yes.

Cheers,
M.

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