[Tutor] Does the Python way of doing things have a definite preference for the structure and content of program file header comments?

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/01/15 21:17, boB Stepp wrote:
> And will this vary depending on whether a version control system is
> being used or not? Or is the use of a version control system
> considered to be highly recommended (if not mandatory)?

Virtually nothing in Python is mandatory - unless you plan on putting 
your code in the standard library. But the standard library is aq good 
template to follow...

As to headers, I tend to put version control type stuff in real comments 
(author, version, date etc) and put comments about functionality in doc 
strings where the help() function can find them.

There is a kind of standard presentation of doc strings; use help
a few times and you'll see. But it's not mandatory in as much as 
everything will continue to work if you ignore the conventions.

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