Help function throws error with sqlite3 module

[kbidlack]

Bug report

When running the help function on the sqlite3 module, a RuntimeError is thrown:

>>> import sqlite3
>>> help(sqlite3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2222, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, module_dict)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'ConnectionType' is not defined. Did you mean: 'Connection'?

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2225, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, sys_module_dict)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'ConnectionType' is not defined. Did you mean: 'ConnectionError'?

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<frozen _sitebuiltins>", line 103, in __call__
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 2002, in __call__
    self.help(request)
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 2063, in help
    else: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 1784, in doc
    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 1778, in render_doc
    return title % desc + '\n\n' + renderer.document(object, name)
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 479, in document
    if inspect.ismodule(object): return self.docmodule(*args)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 1275, in docmodule
    contents.append(self.document(value, key, name))
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 481, in document
    if inspect.isroutine(object): return self.docroutine(*args)
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/pydoc.py", line 1494, in docroutine
    signature = inspect.signature(object)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 3278, in signature
    return Signature.from_callable(obj, follow_wrapped=follow_wrapped,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 3026, in from_callable
    return _signature_from_callable(obj, sigcls=cls,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2518, in _signature_from_callable
    return _signature_from_builtin(sigcls, obj,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2327, in _signature_from_builtin
    return _signature_fromstr(cls, func, s, skip_bound_arg)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2275, in _signature_fromstr
    p(name, default)
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2257, in p
    default_node = RewriteSymbolics().visit(default_node)
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/ast.py", line 418, in visit
    return visitor(node)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2249, in visit_Name
    return wrap_value(node.id)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/kavi/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/inspect.py", line 2227, in wrap_value
    raise RuntimeError()
RuntimeError

Your environment

• CPython versions tested on: 3.11.1
• Operating system and architecture: MacOS (intel)

[OTheDev]

This is a known issue. See #99003.

It is fixed in 3.11.2 (:

[arhadthedev]

It is fixed in 3.11.2 (:

More details: #99003 (comment).

[arhadthedev]

Closing as a duplicate of gh-99003.

[arhadthedev]

I've brought it up in #83685 (comment) though; see there for further discussion.