[Doc-SIG] Status of extracting docstrings

[Laurence Tratt]

In message <39914EF3.6973FCCC@ichips.intel.com>
          Mike Miller <mikem@ichips.intel.com> wrote:

> I'm in the process of starting up a fairly significant programming project
> using Python (first time on Python). And embedded documentation like the
> docstrings (or javadoc/POD/Cocoon) is going to be very important to this
> particular project. I've taken a look at pythondoc and it still seems a
> bit limited in scope. Is there some other mechanism(s) or something in
> version 1.6 that I'm missing? Currently it's looking like I'm going to
> need to extend pythondoc or write something from scratch.

Depending on whether you're prepared to put up with alpha quality software,
you might be interested in my Crystal program which is available from:

  http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/crystal

Please note that at the moment I have not been able to test this with Python
1.6 (it may work, it may not) but it definately works with 1.5.2.


Laurie
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