How does a function know the docstring of its code object?

[Arnaud Delobelle]

On 15 September 2011 16:17, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> You can do:
>>
>> def foo():
>>    "foodoc"
>>    pass
>>
>> function = type(lambda:0)
>> foo2 = function(foo.__code__, globals())
>> assert foo2.__doc__ == "foodoc"
>>
>> I am wondering how the function constructor knows that foo.__code__
>> has a docstring. [...]
>
> From what I'm seeing, it appears that if there is no docstring, the
> first constant will always be None.  So if the first constant is a
> string, then it's a docstring.
>

Yes it seems to be the case.  Even if None is not used in the
function, it appears in co_consts.  Good thinking!

Thanks,

-- 
Arnaud