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Re: how to inherit docstrings?

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: how to inherit docstrings?
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Date 2011-06-10 15:25 +1000
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> class Square(Shape):
>     """ An equal-sided quadrilateral polygon. """

That this docstring is imprecise (it describes any rhombus, not
necessarily a square) is something I hope no-one else notices or draws
attention to.

Oh, darn.

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Ben Finney

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Re: how to inherit docstrings? Carl Banks <pavlovevidence@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 20:36 -0700
  Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-10 15:18 +1000
    Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-10 15:25 +1000
      Re: how to inherit docstrings? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-10 15:39 +1000
  Re: how to inherit docstrings? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-10 19:22 +1200
  Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-10 09:51 +0000

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