how to comment lot of lines in python

olsongt at verizon.net olsongt at verizon.net
Fri Mar 31 09:57:10 EST 2006


Eric Deveaud wrote:
> diffuser78 at gmail.com wrote:
> >  Like in C we comment like
> >  /*
> >  Bunch of lines of code
> >  */
> >
> >  Should we use docstring """ """
>
> I would say NO.
> docstring are displayed by pydoc, thus a pydoc on your code will display some
> inconsistent information ;-)
>

docstrings are a bit of a magical construct.  Not all strings in a
function are docstrings.

>>> def foo():
... 	"real docstring"
... 	"""
... 	x=1
... 	"""
... 	print x
...
>>> help(foo)
Help on function foo in module __main__:

foo()
    real docstring

>>>




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