Wrong parameter name in http.client.read documentation: “amt” vs “n”

[bwagner]

Documentation

`pydoc http.client.HTTPResponse.read``

results in help text:

http.client.HTTPResponse.read = read(self, amt=None)
    Read and return up to n bytes.

The parameter is called “amt” but the help text refers to “n”.

transferring the issue from discuss.python.org

Linked PRs

• gh-103112: Add http.client.HTTPResponse.read docstring and fix pydoc output #103113
• [3.11] gh-103112: Add http.client.HTTPResponse.read docstring and fix pydoc output (GH-103113) #103119
• [3.10] gh-103112: Add http.client.HTTPResponse.read docstring and fix pydoc output (GH-103113) #103120

[terryjreedy]

C.A.M. Gerlach diagnosed the issue as pydoc using a docstring from base class method BufferedIOBase.read(), with the fix being to add a docstring to this method.