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Docstrings should refer to help(name), not name.__doc__ #53229

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@abalkin
BPO 8983
Nosy @birkenfeld, @mdickinson, @abalkin, @merwok
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    assignee = 'https://github.com/abalkin'
    closed_at = <Date 2010-08-16.20:22:31.503>
    created_at = <Date 2010-06-12.15:26:32.887>
    labels = ['type-feature', 'docs']
    title = 'Docstrings should refer to help(name), not name.__doc__'
    updated_at = <Date 2010-08-16.20:22:31.502>
    user = 'https://github.com/abalkin'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2010-08-16.20:22:31.502>
    actor = 'belopolsky'
    assignee = 'belopolsky'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2010-08-16.20:22:31.503>
    closer = 'belopolsky'
    components = ['Documentation']
    creation = <Date 2010-06-12.15:26:32.887>
    creator = 'belopolsky'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['17647']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 8983
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 7.0
    messages = ['107661', '107662', '107667', '107669', '107681', '107689', '114072']
    nosy_count = 5.0
    nosy_names = ['georg.brandl', 'mark.dickinson', 'belopolsky', 'eric.araujo', 'docs@python']
    pr_nums = []
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'accepted'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'enhancement'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue8983'
    versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

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