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[3.15] gh-161414: Remove the backquote from the pydoc symbols (GH-161416) #161438

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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion Lib/pydoc.py
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Expand Up @@ -1886,7 +1886,6 @@ class Helper:
':=': 'ASSIGNMENTEXPRESSIONS',
'_': 'PRIVATENAMES',
'__': 'PRIVATENAMES SPECIALMETHODS',
'`': 'BACKQUOTES',
'(': 'TUPLES FUNCTIONS CALLS',
')': 'TUPLES FUNCTIONS CALLS',
'[': 'LISTS SUBSCRIPTS SLICINGS',
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
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Expand Up @@ -2200,6 +2200,14 @@ def test_keywords(self):
self.assertEqual(sorted(pydoc.Helper.keywords),
sorted(keyword.kwlist + ['case', 'match', 'lazy']))

def test_symbols(self):
# gh-161414
for symbol in pydoc.Helper.symbols:
with self.subTest(symbol=symbol):
buf = StringIO()
pydoc.Helper(output=buf).showsymbol(symbol)
self.assertNotIn('no documentation found', buf.getvalue())

def test_interact_empty_line_continues(self):
# gh-138568: test pressing Enter without input should continue in help session
self.assertEqual(
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-11-05-11-59-58.gh-issue-161414.Xnxe8A.rst
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Remove the backquote from the symbols listed by :func:`help`, asking for help on it reported that no
documentation was found.
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