Function docstring as a local variable

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Date	Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:41:21 -0800
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Consider the following:
## code
def test():
    """This is my docstring"""
    print(??)  ## can I print the docstring above?
## /code
It possible for a function to print it's own docstring?

thanks
(pointers to docs could be sufficient)
-- 
Tim 
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Function docstring as a local variable Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-10 09:41 -0800
  Re: Function docstring as a local variable rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-10 10:44 -0700
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2011-07-10 18:28 -0400
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-07-11 09:48 +1000
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable Corey Richardson <kb1pkl@aim.com> - 2011-07-10 19:00 -0400
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-11 11:54 +1000
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-07-10 21:05 -0700

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