[Python-Dev] Re: [PEP 224] Attribute Docstrings

[Aahz Maruch]

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In article <39AA22A0.D533598A at lemburg.com>,
M.-A. Lemburg <mal at lemburg.com> wrote:
>
>>     >>> docs(instance)
>>     {'a': 'Description of a.', 'b': 'Description of b.'}
>> 
>> There are repercussions here. A module containing the example from (3) above
>> would have a __docs__ dictionary containing mappings for docstrings for each
>> top-level class and function defined, in addition to docstrings for each
>> global variable.
>
>This would not work well together with class inheritance.

Could you provide an example explaining this?  Using a dict *seems* like
a good idea to me, too.
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