Top "Docstring" questions

A docstring is a string that occurs as the first statement in a module, function, class, or method definition, and is used to document the object in which it occurs.

What's the difference on docstrings with triple SINGLE quotes and triple DOUBLE quotes?

I was just wondering what is the difference between two ways of writing Python Docstrings (__doc__): three single quotes: ''' …

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How to change the default module docstring in Spyder?

How to change the default template for new modules in Spyder IDE? # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on %(…

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How can I make Python/Sphinx document object attributes only declared in __init__?

I have Python classes with object attributes which are only declared as part of running the constructor, like so: class …

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Inheriting methods' docstrings in Python

I have an OO hierarchy with docstrings that take as much maintenance as the code itself. E.g., class Swallow(…

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How do I document a constructor for a class using Python dataclasses?

I have some existing Python 3.6 code that I'd like to move to Python 3.7 dataclasses. I have __init__ methods with nice …

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