def test_stripid(self):
        # test with strings, other implementations might have different repr()
        stripid = pydoc.stripid
        # strip the id
        self.assertEqual(stripid('<function stripid at 0x88dcee4>'),
                         '<function stripid>')
        self.assertEqual(stripid('<function stripid at 0x01F65390>'),
                         '<function stripid>')
        # nothing to strip, return the same text
        self.assertEqual(stripid('42'), '42')
        self.assertEqual(stripid("<type 'exceptions.Exception'>"),
                         "<type 'exceptions.Exception'>")