help related topic doesn't exist

[lambertdw]

BPO	5221
Nosy	@birkenfeld, @terryjreedy

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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'easy', 'type-bug']
title = "help  related topic doesn't exist"
updated_at = <Date 2009-09-04.08:07:46.867>
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[lambertdw]

help function is not current, then again, neither is my python3.
Possibly sequencemethods[12] are eradicated.

$ p3
Python 3.0rc1+ (py3k, Nov  5 2008, 14:44:46) 
[GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> help('SEQUENCEMETHODS')
...

Related help topics: SEQUENCES, SEQUENCEMETHODS2, SPECIALMETHODS

>>> help('SEQUENCEMETHODS1')
no Python documentation found for 'SEQUENCEMETHODS1'

>>> help('SEQUENCEMETHODS2')
no Python documentation found for 'SEQUENCEMETHODS2'

[terryjreedy]

In 3.1rc2, SPECIALMETHODS help ends with
"Related help topics: BASICMETHODS, ATTRIBUTEMETHODS, CALLABLEMETHODS,
SEQUENCEMETHODS1, MAPPINGMETHODS, SEQUENCEMETHODS2, NUMBERMETHODS,
CLASSES".
The topic list only has SEQUENCEMETHODS and not S...1 and S...2.
So I suspect the two topics were consolidated into one without changing
the cross-reference lists. The latter need editing.

[birkenfeld]

Thanks, fixed in r74645.