diff --git a/stdlib/types.pyi b/stdlib/types.pyi index ebea6f22f..b513bd774 100644 --- a/stdlib/types.pyi +++ b/stdlib/types.pyi @@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ class ModuleType: __package__: str | None __path__: MutableSequence[str] __spec__: ModuleSpec | None + # N.B. Although this is the same type as `builtins.object.__doc__`, + # it is deliberately redeclared here. Most symbols declared in the namespace + # of `types.ModuleType` are available as "implicit globals" within a module's + # namespace, but this is not true for symbols declared in the namespace of `builtins.object`. + # Redeclaring `__doc__` here helps some type checkers understand that `__doc__` is available + # as an implicit global in all modules, similar to `__name__`, `__file__`, `__spec__`, etc. + __doc__: str | None def __init__(self, name: str, doc: str | None = ...) -> None: ... # __getattr__ doesn't exist at runtime, # but having it here in typeshed makes dynamic imports