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Feature or enhancement
Let's say we have a regular class and we call help() on it:
>>> class A: ... ... >>> help(A) Help on class A in module __main__: class A(builtins.object) | Data descriptors defined here: | | __dict__ | dictionary for instance variables (if defined) | | __weakref__ | list of weak references to the object (if defined)This leaves a strange impression: what does it mean for __dict__?
dictionary for instance variables (if defined)
It is defined.
The same for regular __doc__:
>>> A.__dict__['__dict__'].__doc__ 'dictionary for instance variables (if defined)'Let's see what happens when __dict__ and __weakref__ are not defined:
>>> class B: ... __slots__ = () ... >>> help(B) Help on class B in module __main__: class B(builtins.object)And:
>>> B.__dict__['__dict__'] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> B.__dict__['__dict__'] ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^ KeyError: '__dict__'The historical reason behind it is: 373c741#diff-1decebeef15f4e0b0ce106c665751ec55068d4d1d1825847925ad4f528b5b872R1356-R1377
What do others think: should we remove (if defined) part?
If so, I have a PR ready.