#18926: Auto-generated index of functions
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Reporter: | Owner:
ncohen | Status: needs_review
Type: | Milestone: sage-6.8
enhancement | Resolution:
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Authors: | 3a9e3b5cbb00db4ffa5f97542ce3d027b19ee006
Nathann Cohen | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by ncohen):
Helloooooooo,
> Yes, it's slightly bizarre. Say you have a catalog module that you wish
to have
> an index for. Then you import `gen_rest_table_index` and you call it
with
> `only_local=False`: you want all the non-local functions, **except
> `gen_rest_table_index` itself**. The funny test is then simply to see
that this
> is filtered out, without having to rely on another module.
Oh okay, it is true that somehow this function has a 'special behaviour'.
Would you see anything wrong in filtering it out with {{{f is not
gen_rest_table_index}}} instead of checking its module?
> The function only extracts methods of a class which have been decorated
with
> `@staticmethod`.
Whaaaaat? `O_o`
None of the methods of `IncidenceStructure` are decorated like that. And
they appear in the list `O_o`
> This line was just to clarify the semantics of the function wrt.
classes, since
> this surprised me when I first reviewed the ticket. I never intended
> `only_local` to have any effect when the function is called on classes.
Oh. What about renaming it to 'only_local_function` to make it plain(er)
that it does not apply to methods?
Nathann
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