[IronPython] IronPython and help

[Michael Foord]

Hello all,

I see that one of the improvements listed for IronPython 1.1 is an 
extension to the help system.

I'm finding that when the Python standard library is set in 
IRONPYTHONPATH, help doesn't seem to work *at all*.

 >>> help(3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File , line 0, in <stdin>##77
  File site, line unknown, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\site.py, line 328, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1655, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1699, in help
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1485, in doc
  File pydoc, line unknown, in document
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 307, in document
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1177, in docclass
  File c:\Python24\Lib\inspect.py, line 224, in classify_class_attrs
Exception: The method or operation is not implemented.
 >>> help(int)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File , line 0, in <stdin>##124
  File site, line unknown, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\site.py, line 328, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1655, in __call__
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1699, in help
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1485, in doc
  File pydoc, line unknown, in document
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 307, in document
  File c:\Python24\Lib\pydoc.py, line 1177, in docclass
  File c:\Python24\Lib\inspect.py, line 224, in classify_class_attrs
Exception: The method or operation is not implemented.

It works ok when the Python standard library isn't on the path - but 
most of the time I need the standard library and *deeply* regret that 
help isn't available to me. :-)

Michael
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/index.shtml