From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 01:12:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix for SF 686380, from SF patch 686771 by Ping.  (errors trying to
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1832
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=97dede0202b1e961bdbe19f7181e0e6652988dae;p=python

Fix for SF 686380, from SF patch 686771 by Ping.  (errors trying to
get help on os attributes)
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diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index e27adb9224..4513733203 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ def describe(thing):
 
 def locate(path, forceload=0):
     """Locate an object by name or dotted path, importing as necessary."""
-    parts = split(path, '.')
+    parts = [part for part in split(path, '.') if part]
     module, n = None, 0
     while n < len(parts):
         nextmodule = safeimport(join(parts[:n+1], '.'), forceload)