[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 287: reStructuredText Standard Docstring Format

[Samuele Pedroni]

Kent Pitman (KMP) often talks about programming languages
as Political Parties (a brilliant intuition).

I *honestly* wonder whether to the Python party
really corresponds more-or-less just one documentation
format party, a silent majority perhaps.

And whether Docutils (formerly DPS) will
be up to this ambitious
design claim in PEP 258 (revision 1.2):

Intermediate Data Structure
===========================
...
The DTD defines a rich set of elements, suitable for any input
    syntax or output format

or is it already optionless (anyway it is not
finished).

sometimes-I-wish-I-had-a-real-&-working-Erik-Naggum's-mode-
(a-KMP's-mode-would-be-better-and-more-pythonic-but-even-more-
ambitious)-ly y'rs.

PS: the funny thing is that I do not dislike structured text
formats in general, but auto-documenting is  reducible to
that ?

----- Original Message -----
From: David Goodger <goodger@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Cc: Richard Jones <rjones@ekit-inc.com>; <python-dev@python.org>;
<doc-sig@python.org>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:33 AM
Subject: [Python-Dev] Re: PEP 287: reStructuredText Standard Docstring Format


> Thank you to everyone who has commented on PEP 287, be they in favor,
> well-meaning but opposed, or ill-wishing troll ;-) [1]_.  I have been
> otherwise busy and haven't been able to keep up with replies, but I have
> read and kept a record of all the posts so far (and will, for posts yet to
> come) for consideration and reference when revising the PEP.  I may not be
> able to offer timely replies to all the posts; ultimately the revised PEP
> will serve as an umbrella reply.
>
> .. [1] Actually, the posts opposed and even the trolls are often the most
>    useful, since they point out weaknesses and help strengthen the
>    arguments.  The number of people posting *in favor* of the PEP was
>    roughly the same as the number opposed, but supporters tend to be
>    silent while protesters tend to be quite vociferous and relentless.
>
> Over the weeks to come, I will be revising PEP 287 and related PEPs 256-258,
> merging the reStructuredText_ and DPS_ projects into the renamed Docutils_
> project, and producing a "road map" describing the big picture.  Further
> suggestions for improvement are welcome.
>
> .. _reStructuredText: http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net/
> .. _DPS: http://docstring.sourceforge.net/
> .. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
>
> A special thanks must go to Richard Jones for taking up arms (or keyboard)
> in my stead, and for taking the initiative to start work on `A
> ReStructuredText Primer`_.  In hindsight it was much needed, and it's coming
> along nicely.  Thanks Richard!
>
> .. _A ReStructuredText Primer: http://mechanicalcat.net/tech/quickstart.html
>
> --
> David Goodger    goodger@users.sourceforge.net    Open-source projects:
>  - Python Docstring Processing System: http://docstring.sourceforge.net
>  - reStructuredText: http://structuredtext.sourceforge.net
>  - The Go Tools Project: http://gotools.sourceforge.net
>
>
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