[Doc-SIG] docstring grammar

[Manuel Gutierrez Algaba]

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Jack Jansen wrote:
> Recently, "Fred L. Drake, Jr." <fdrake@acm.org> said:
> 
> >   Guido agrees with me on this one, sorry: it must be extractable from=20=
> > 
> > the parse tree.  Evaluation of module code is a *huge* no-no; we
> > should be able to run documentation tools on unknown (=3D=3D untrusted)=
> > 
> > code.
> 
> If this is indeed agreed upon by everyone (even if only for the reason 
> that Our Benevolent Dictator Says So) it makes the discussion quite a
> bit simpler, as various of the things people proposed over the last
> few days failed the no-execution test.

There's a safe execution test.
Using eval(docstring, safe_functions, safe_functions)

safe_functions are simply methods of a class, and classes that
do not anything at all but gathering info. Hold a minute(or a day)
and you'll have a cohesive response no-parse-tree-like.


Regards/Saludos
Manolo
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