[Python-Dev] docstring before function declaration (original) (raw)

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Thu Mar 24 03:46:44 CET 2005


On Tuesday 22 March 2005 05:58, Nicholas Jacobson wrote:

Oops, you're right.

What I should have said is to use a blank docstring as follows:

It's still unclear to me what a file containing a single docstring followed by a def() line means. And this ambiguity doesn't seem to be solvable, so I'm a solid -1 on this change.

(In addition, I should note that I tried editing a moderate sized file to put the docstrings before the defs - to my eyes, it made the file more cluttered and much less pleasing to the eye)

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