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Re: Function docstring as a local variable

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Subject Re: Function docstring as a local variable
Date 2011-07-10 18:13 -0400
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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I'm not sure how a function can get a generic handle to itself, but if
you're willing to hardcode the function name, then this technique works:

def test():
    """This is my doc string"""
    print test.__doc__

test()

Outputs:

This is my doc string

Malcolm

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Re: Function docstring as a local variable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-11 04:11 +1000
  Re: Function docstring as a local variable Richard Thomas <chardster@gmail.com> - 2011-07-10 14:16 -0700
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable python@bdurham.com - 2011-07-10 18:13 -0400
      Re: Function docstring as a local variable Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-07-10 18:41 -0400
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-10 14:50 -0800
    Re: Function docstring as a local variable Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-07-10 18:14 -0500

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