PEP 287: reStructuredText Standard Docstring Format

[Aahz]

In article <iyAq8.29179$n4.5840426 at newsc.telia.net>,
Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>Delaney, Timothy wrote:
>>
>> The whole point is that this is the *input*, optionally to produce another
>> format, and is also human-readable in the source code (or any other text
>> file).
>
>who cares, when it's not human-writable.

Mind providing at least some anecdotal evidence for this assertion?  I'm
speaking as someone who uses vi to write XML and HTML with some
proficiency, but who does find XML/HTML slightly awkward.  I have no
experience yet with reST.
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