Re: Q re documentation Python style

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  • Ethan Furman

    Re: Q re documentation Python style

    kj wrote:
    >
    I'm a Perlhead trying to learn the Way of Python. I like Python
    overall, but every once in a while I find myself trying to figure
    out why Python does some things the way it does. At the moment
    I'm scratching my head over Python's docstrings. As far as I
    understand this is the standard way to document Python code. I
    think that's fine for simple functions, but I have some functions
    that require a very long docstring to document, and somehow I find
    it a bit disconcerting to stick a few screenfuls of text between
    the top line of a function definition and its body. I guess I'm
    still a lot more comfortable with Perl's POD, which allows more
    flexibility on the placement of the documentation relative to the
    source code.
    [snip]
    Kynn
    >
    You might also look into using an editor that supports custom folding.
    Define docstrings as folds, then you only need open them when you want
    to read/edit them; the rest of the time, only one line is visible
    between the function header and the function. I like Vim. :)
    --
    Ethan
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