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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2012-08-21 11:09 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3607.1345569033.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>>>> class A:
> ... '''a doc string'''
> ...
>>>> A.__doc__
> 'a doc string'
>>>> class B:
> ... '''a {} string'''.format('doc')
> ...
>>>> B.__doc__
>>>>
>
> Is there's a reason for this?
>
> I know I can do:
>>>> class B:
> ... __doc__ = '''a {} string'''.format('doc')
>
> And it'll work, but I wonder why the first B docstring is empty.
The docstring is built at compile-time, not at run-time, so it must be
a literal, not an arbitrary expression.
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Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 09:44 -0700
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 11:09 -0600
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-21 18:16 +0100
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 11:21 -0600
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-21 17:22 +0000
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-21 13:30 -0400
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 10:40 -0700
Re: Why does dynamic doc string do not work? Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 10:40 -0700
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