Function docstring as a local variable

[Ben Finney]

"Colin J. Williams" <cjw at ncf.ca> writes:

> On 10-Jul-11 13:44 PM, rantingrick wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 12:41 pm, Tim Johnson<t... at johnsons-web.com>  wrote:
> >> It possible for a function to print it's own docstring?
> >
> > def f():
> >     """docstring"""
> >     print "docstring"
>
> Try:
>
> def f():
>      ds= """docstring"""
>      print ds

The OP wants the function to print its own docstring, which your example
does not do. You've defined a function with an empty docstring.

    >>> def foo():
    ...     ds = "The Larch"
    ...     print ds
    ... 
    >>> foo.__doc__
    >>>

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Ben Finney