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| author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2015-04-03 22:38:53 +0300 |
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| committer | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2015-04-03 22:38:53 +0300 |
| commit | 7cad953b314473748a500f636213ff13039ae2e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fd3de6de80b93c9e808f1940d59b3c8784ef58d /Doc/library/inspect.rst | |
| parent | 510894c2381c1299117f83314ff8cdc2ec5c3042 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-7cad953b314473748a500f636213ff13039ae2e9.tar.gz | |
Issue #15582: inspect.getdoc() now follows inheritance chains.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst index 3d2132fd86..471200fa78 100644 --- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst +++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst @@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ Retrieving source code .. function:: getdoc(object) Get the documentation string for an object, cleaned up with :func:`cleandoc`. + If the documentation string for an object is not provided and the object is + a class, a method, a property or a descriptor, retrieve the documentation + string from the inheritance hierarchy. .. function:: getcomments(object) |