[Doc-SIG] docstring grammar

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:31:54 -0600


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> Hm...  C extensions are also the most dangerous (in some cases) to
> import, and further more this restricts you to generating
> documentiation for modules that actually work on your current
> platform.  Not a good idea.

What I'm hearing is that C extensions should just NOT be documented
inline. Perhaps the interperter should look for their docstrings in .pdc
files...to be defined another day!!!
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