--- /org/python/core/PyType.java	Tue Dec  5 23:58:32 2006
+++ PyType.java	Fri Jan 19 09:55:42 2007
@@ -1296,6 +1296,21 @@
     public PyObject getDict() { // xxx return dict-proxy
         return dict;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * See type_get_doc in python's typeobject implementation
+     */
+    public PyObject getDoc(){
+        PyObject __doc__ = super.getDoc();
+        if(__doc__ != null){
+            PyType doctype = __doc__.getType();
+            PyObject getexists = doctype.lookup("__get__");
+            if(getexists != null)
+                return __doc__.__get__(null, this);
+	}
+        return __doc__;
+    }
+
 
     public Object __tojava__(Class c) {
         if (underlying_class!= null &&(