[Python-Dev] Re: [PEP 224] Attribute Docstrings

[Greg Ewing]

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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