Re: python strings ( function func_doc strings )

Marc Wachowitz (mw@ipx2.rz.uni-mannheim.de)
27 Apr 1994 08:04:43 GMT

jredford@lehman.com wrote:
> WRT the elisp-like 'first sentence' use.. one might as well make this
> 2 distinct strings in python.. or just index the whole documentation
> string, or add a specific 'keywords' section... anything but actually
> looking into the documentation strings themselves.

Why not simply use a new syntax for documentation instead of redefining
string expressions? E.g. "$" would behave like "#" except for an effect
on some documentation database; otherwise the same syntax would be used
(wrt. indentation and similar stuff).

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