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| Date | 2011-06-09 17:16 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: how to inherit docstrings? |
| From | Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.64.1307661415.11593.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > IMO, it shouldn't be necessary to explicitly copy docstrings > around like this in the first place. Either it should happen > automatically, or help() should be smart enough to look up > the inheritance hierarchy when given a method that doesn't > have a docstring of its own. > Auto inheriting docstrings would be nice, in some cases. WRT help(), keep in mind that docstrings are used for a bunch of other things, like doctests and some DSLs. -eric > Unfortunately, since unbound methods were ditched, > help(Foo.blarg) no longer has an easy way to find the base > classes, so help from the compiler may be needed. > > -- > Greg > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-09 09:10 -0700
Re: how to inherit docstrings? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-10 10:27 +1200
Re: how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 17:16 -0600
Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-10 09:23 +1000
Re: how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 17:31 -0600
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