[3.11] pythongh-98374: Suppress ImportError for invalid query for hel…

…p() command. (pythongh-98450) (cherry picked from commit 4156b2f) Co-authored-by: Dong-hee Na <donghee.na@python.org>
corona10 · Oct 20, 2022 · 697e1fc · 697e1fc
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diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1998,7 +1998,10 @@ def __repr__(self):
     _GoInteractive = object()
     def __call__(self, request=_GoInteractive):
         if request is not self._GoInteractive:
-            self.help(request)
+            try:
+                self.help(request)
+            except ImportError as e:
+                self.output.write(f'{e}\n')
         else:
             self.intro()
             self.interact()

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-19-23-48-46.gh-issue-98374.eOBh8M.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-19-23-48-46.gh-issue-98374.eOBh8M.rst
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+Suppress ImportError for invalid query for help() command. Patch by Dong-hee
+Na.