Function resolve

Lib/pydoc.py:1698–1710

Given an object or a path to an object, get the object and its name.

(thing, forceload=0)

html = HTMLDoc()

def resolve(thing, forceload=0):
    """Given an object or a path to an object, get the object and its name."""
    if isinstance(thing, str):
        object = locate(thing, forceload)
        if object is None:
            raise ImportError('''\
No Python documentation found for %r.
Use help() to get the interactive help utility.
Use help(str) for help on the str class.''' % thing)
        return object, thing
    else:
        name = getattr(thing, '__name__', None)
        return thing, name if isinstance(name, str) else None

def render_doc(thing, title='Python Library Documentation: %s', forceload=0,
        renderer=None):