Interesting. Some apparent downsides: - doesn't apply to class attributes - objects with `__slots__` can't dynamically add attributes
On Wed, 2021-12-15 at 11:13 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Hmmm, well it seems that we already have support for class attribute > docstrings, since Python 3.8. > > It's not documented, but soon will be. > > https://bugs.python.org/issue46076 > > > class Card: > """A card from a standard French deck""" > __slots__ = { > 'suit': 'Either "Spades", "Hearts", "Clubs" or "Diamonds"', > 'rank': 'A positive integer in the range 2 <= x <= 14' > } > > > help() already knows to read the docstrings from the slot dict > values. > >
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