[Doc-SIG] Docstring syntax discussion

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Jack Jansen writes:
 > """
 > Description:
 > 	This function does nothing.
 > """
 > 
 > """
 > Language: en
 > Description:
 > 	This function does nothing.
 > """

  I'd vote for this version only; each docstring can either processed
or not depending on the language identifier.  A language identifier in 
the module docstring (that means the *first* one only!) can be taken
to mean "this language is the default for this module."

 > unspecified/unknown (which is politically correct) or english (which is 
 > probably a lot more practical, since I don't think we can teach these 
 > americans to add the Language tag all the time:-).

  Hear, hear!  We're just a bunch of closed-door isolationists with an 
attitude!  Bad Europeans, bad!  ;-)


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake@acm.org>
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