[Python-Dev] Best practice for documentation for std lib

[Larry Hastings]

On 09/23/2013 03:44 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu 
> <mailto:tjreedy at udel.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I am gradually changing Idle docstrings, though only Idle
>     developers will ever see them. Writing a 60 char summary forces a
>     clear understanding of the function.
>
>
> Glad you like it. I still do, too, but I've given up hope to convince 
> all core developers to stick to this style. :-(

... Argument Clinic to the rescue?  Since the last time this subject 
came up, Clinic has started enforcing a summary line in docstrings. I 
didn't realize it had to be 60 columns though, should I add that? Is the 
entire docstring supposed to be 60 columns max?

p.s. status update: AC is done enough to be worth considering checking 
in.  Now I have to finish the PEP and write the documentation.


//arry/
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