On Monday 21 March 2005 20:08, Nicholas Jacobson wrote: > > How do you distinguish between a docstring at the > > top of a module > > that's immediately followed by a function? Is it > > the module docstring > > or the function docstring? > > It's both. The docstring would be assigned to both > the module and the function. This is a *good* thing > when there is a module with only one function in it. > i.e. there should only be one docstring for both, and > this saves repetition of that docstring. > > If a programmer wanted a docstring for the function > but not the module, a blank first line would do the > trick. A docstring for the module but not the > function? Put a blank line between the module's > docstring and the function.
Yuk. This is magic taken to a ridiculous level. Note that "blank lines" currently have no meaning in Python, and adding a meaning to them is not my idea of a good thing. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
