On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:41:58 -0500, skip wrote:
>>> Nothing. It's just a doc string containing a bunch of hex codes. Doc
>>> strings are ignored by the interpreter (AIUI).
>
> Benjamin> I mean what happens when you type help() into the
> interactive Benjamin> console on the command line? You will see the
> docstrings, and Benjamin> there will be a whole bunch of random hex
> characters there.
>
> If an IDE can be trained to recognize and display such a picture I sorta
> assume help() can be trained to recognize and ignore it.
And if not, it's no big deal. Your help string has a clearly labeled few
lines of hex:
Help on function spam:
spam(...)
spam spam spam spam spam spam
spam spam spam spam with a fried egg on top
=== begin docpicture ===
1234567890ABCDEF
1234567890ABCDEF
1234567890ABCDEF
1234567890ABCDEF
=== end docpicture ===
Or similar. I'm sure people will cope, especially since it should be
relatively rare.
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