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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`help` CLI shows a traceback when import failed","articleBody":"Currently, `help` will show a traceback when we type name of something which doesn't exist:\r\n\r\n```python\r\nhelp\u003e 123\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"\u003cstdin\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n  File \"\u003cfrozen _sitebuiltins\u003e\", line 103, in __call__\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 2004, in __call__\r\n    self.interact()\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 2031, in interact\r\n    self.help(request)\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 2057, in help\r\n    elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)\r\n                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 1781, in doc\r\n    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))\r\n          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 1755, in render_doc\r\n    object, name = resolve(thing, forceload)\r\n                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"C:\\Users\\KIRILL-1\\CLionProjects\\cpython\\Lib\\pydoc.py\", line 1741, in resolve\r\n    raise ImportError('''\\\r\nImportError: No Python documentation found for '123'.\r\nUse help() to get the interactive help utility.\r\nUse help(str) for help on the str class.\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e\r\n```\r\nI think, this shouldn't be shown.\r\nIs there any reason for this?\r\nCan we show something like\r\n`No python documentation found for '123'.`?\r\n\r\nReproducible on current main.\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-102614\n* gh-105778\n* gh-105830\n* gh-105934\n* gh-106322\n* gh-106323\n* gh-106340\n* gh-106639\n* gh-106640\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Eclips4","@type":"Person","name":"Eclips4"},"datePublished":"2023-03-08T21:16:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":16},"url":"https://github.com/102541/cpython/issues/102541"}