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Display exceptions' subclasses in help() #52771

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BPO 8525
Nosy @birkenfeld, @terryjreedy, @ncoghlan, @abalkin, @merwok, @briancurtin, @serhiy-storchaka, @eric-wieser, @CuriousLearner, @tirkarthi
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  • bpo-8525: help() on a type now shows builtin subclasses #5066
  • Files
  • pydoc.py: pydoc.py with enhancement to help()
  • help_8525.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = 'https://github.com/CuriousLearner'
    closed_at = <Date 2018-10-21.07:27:06.464>
    created_at = <Date 2010-04-24.23:10:00.456>
    labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library']
    title = "Display exceptions' subclasses in help()"
    updated_at = <Date 2018-12-29.15:22:31.762>
    user = 'https://bugs.python.org/robcliffe'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2018-12-29.15:22:31.762>
    actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
    assignee = 'CuriousLearner'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2018-10-21.07:27:06.464>
    closer = 'ncoghlan'
    components = ['Library (Lib)']
    creation = <Date 2010-04-24.23:10:00.456>
    creator = 'robcliffe'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['17075', '19748']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 8525
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 26.0
    messages = ['104134', '104656', '104657', '104658', '121940', '122044', '122057', '122115', '122116', '122118', '122193', '123167', '123169', '123170', '123228', '288243', '309296', '321651', '321675', '322226', '322240', '322287', '322288', '328194', '328195', '332721']
    nosy_count = 14.0
    nosy_names = ['georg.brandl', 'terry.reedy', 'ncoghlan', 'belopolsky', 'ron_adam', 'eric.araujo', 'brian.curtin', 'robcliffe', 'henriquebastos', 'Rodolpho.Eckhardt', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'Eric.Wieser', 'CuriousLearner', 'xtreak']
    pr_nums = ['5066']
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'enhancement'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue8525'
    versions = ['Python 3.8']

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