The Python docs recommend the use of triple-quoted string literals for docstrings, e.g.
def Meet(Alice, Bob) : """arranges a meeting between Alice and Bob. Returns a reference to the meeting booking object.""" ... #end Meet However, these tend to get messed up by indentation whitespace, which gets spuriously included as part of the string. Another possibility is to use implicit concatenation of string literals, e.g. def Meet(Alice, Bob) : "arranges a meeting between Alice and Bob." \ " Returns a reference to the meeting booking object." ... #end Meet This includes no spurious whitespace, or even any newlines; if you want these, you must put them explicitly in the string: def Meet(Alice, Bob) : "arranges a meeting between Alice and Bob.\n" \ "Returns a reference to the meeting booking object." ... #end Meet -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list