Documentation shows in console but not in the editor

Permanently deleted user

Created December 31, 2012 18:09

Hi,

When using the 'Quick Documentation' (CTRL+Q) feature in the editor, PyCharm says it can't find any documentation for functions under the caret from the Pandas library (ie. pandas.read_csv). However, if I open a python console with Tools -> Run Python Console and try the same thing, PyCharm is suddenly able to find documentation via CTRL+Q. Most other modules I use don't have this problem. Why am I able to see Pandas' documentation in the console but not in the editor?

Thanks.

2 comments

Dmitry Jemerov

Created December 31, 2012 19:58

The documentation shortcut in the console has access to runtime information, and is therefore always able to access the __doc__ attribute of the function. The documentation shortcut in the editor has to rely on static analysis, which doesn't always work.

You can file an issue at http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/ and we'll investigate the problem.

Permanently deleted user

Created February 01, 2014 09:22

For me to.
One of the consequences of the failure of static analysis is that PyCharm do not autocomplete pandas when should by relying on static analysis.
Please fix! :)

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