They are implemented as members. Since the __doc__ behaves like any other member, The implementation just uses the member semantics. Consider for example:
>>> class c: ... "doc 1" ... print __doc__ ... __doc__ = "doc 2" ... print __doc__ ... doc 1 doc 2 >>> I hope this answers your question. Martin > Keith J. Farmer Wrote: > > Out of curiosity, how are __doc__ strings being compiled? > As a member, or perhaps as an attribute in the same vein as XML comments in > C#? _______________________________________________ users-ironpython.com mailing list users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com