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I don't understand the deep details here but I think something went wrong in commit bdfb694 when some of the builtin functions where transferred to argument clinic.
The problem I see is in the help texts of those functions. Here are a few examples of help(<function>):
iter
Python 3.11.4
Help on built-in function iter in module builtins:
iter(...)
iter(iterable) -> iterator
iter(callable, sentinel) -> iterator
Get an iterator from an object. In the first form, the argument must
supply its own iterator, or be a sequence.
In the second form, the callable is called until it returns the sentinel.
Python 3.12.0b4
Help on built-in function iter in module builtins:
iter(...)
Get an iterator from an object.
In the first form, the argument must supply its own iterator, or be a sequence.
In the second form, the callable is called until it returns the sentinel.
As you can see, the help in 3.12 is talking about two forms but there are no signatures so it doesn't make sense.
next
Python 3.11.4
Help on built-in function next in module builtins:
next(...)
next(iterator[, default])
Return the next item from the iterator. If default is given and the iterator
is exhausted, it is returned instead of raising StopIteration.
Python 3.12.0b4
Help on built-in function next in module builtins:
next(...)
Return the next item from the iterator.
If default is given and the iterator is exhausted,
it is returned instead of raising StopIteration.
Again, the help text talks about iterator and default but missing signature means that the reader might not know what those are.
getattr
Python 3.11.4
Help on built-in function getattr in module builtins:
getattr(...)
getattr(object, name[, default]) -> value
Get a named attribute from an object; getattr(x, 'y') is equivalent to x.y.
When a default argument is given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't
exist; without it, an exception is raised in that case.
Python 3.12.0b4
Help on built-in function getattr in module builtins:
getattr(...)
Get a named attribute from an object.
getattr(x, 'y') is equivalent to x.y
When a default argument is given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't
exist; without it, an exception is raised in that case.
Again, a similar case here.
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