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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:21:59 -0800
From: Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
To: Python ML <python-list@python.org>
Subject: Re: Function docstring as a local variable
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* Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> [110710 16:14]:
> >
> >  Where is general documentation on the subject of variables
> >  beginning with 2 underscores?
> 
> I've never heard that phrase used to describe __doc__ or its friends.
 :) That why I wasn't satified with my search results. 
> Look in the "underscore" section of the documentation index:
> http://docs.python.org/genindex-_.html
  And that is what I was looking for.
  thanks
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