[Python-Dev] Re: [PEP 224] Attribute Docstrings (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:16:35 +1200 (NZST)

David Goodger <dgoodger@bigfoot.com>:

6. Instead of mangling names, how about an alternative approach? Each class, instance, module, and function gets a single special name (call it 'docs' for now), a dictionary of attribute-name to docstring mappings.

Good idea!

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