Patch: Python mode and eldoc "freeze"

[Slawomir Nowaczyk]

Hello,

I have sent patch below in response to bug report on emacs-pretest-bug,
but I am resending it here... It changes two things, first it adds eldoc
messages for some (built-in) types like open() or property() which were
missing previously (the bug report was about them).

Second, the patch prevents eldoc from freezing emacs when it tries to
get arglist for some more exotic built-ins ("basestring" being one
example).

While the first part could be seen, arguably, as a new feature, the
other is definitely a bugfix.

Can someone please install it?

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--- EmacsCVS/etc/emacs.py   2006-10-26 23:25:56.225217600 +0200
+++ Emacs/etc/emacs.py       2006-11-01 00:13:29.307024000 +0100
@@ -50,12 +50,11 @@
        if len (parts) > 1:
            exec 'import ' + parts[0] # might fail
        func = eval (name)
-       if inspect.isbuiltin (func):
+       if inspect.isbuiltin (func) or type(func) is type:
            doc = func.__doc__
            if doc.find (' ->') != -1:
                print '_emacs_out', doc.split (' ->')[0]
-           elif doc.find ('\n') != -1:
-               print '_emacs_out', doc.split ('\n')[0]
+            print '_emacs_out', doc.split ('\n')[0]
            return
        if inspect.ismethod (func):
            func = func.im_func

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Here is changelog entry:

2006-11-01  Slawomir Nowaczyk  <address@hidden>

        * emacs.py: (eargs) Provide eldoc message for builtin types.
          Make sure eargs always outputs sentinel, to avoid emacs freeze.

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-- 
 Best wishes,
   Slawomir Nowaczyk
     ( address@hidden )

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