print(__doc__) in Python 3 script Question: I can’t figure out what does the print(__doc__) do at the beginning of a script, like in this Scikit example. I have been looking for Python docstrings in google, and it seems __doc__ is useful to provide some documentation in, say, functions. But I can’t see what does __doc__ …
Multi-line description of a parameter description in python docstring Question: So, reStructuredText is the recommended way for Python code documentation, if you try hard enough, you can find in the sphinx documentation how to normalize your function signature documentation. All given examples are single-line, but what if a parameter description is multi-line like the following …
Python docstrings and inline code; meaning of the ">>>" syntax Question: I have some experience in Python but only recently came across extensive usage of docstrings. I’m going through the Financial Market Simulator (FMS) source code, and when I open it in PyCharm I see the following syntax highlighting (screenshot of a code snippet of …
Docstrings when nothing is returned Question: What is the docstring convention when a function doesn’t return anything? For example: def f(x): “””Prints the element given as input Args: x: any element Returns: “”” print “your input is %s” % x return What should I add after Returns: in the docstring? Nothing as it is now? …
reStructuredText in Sphinx and Docstrings: single vs. double back-quotes or back-ticks difference Question: From the documentation, it appears that the double back-quote is used for literals, while the single back-quote is used when there is code text to be intepreted. This would lead me to to write the docstring for method f() below: class A(B): …
Custom PyCharm docstring stubs (i.e. for google docstring or numpydoc formats) Question: Does PyCharm 2.7 (or will PyCharm 3) have support for custom docstring and doctest stubs? If so, how does one go about writing this specific type of custom extension? My current project has standardized on using the Google Python Style Guide (http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html). I …
Documenting `tuple` return type in a function docstring for PyCharm type hinting Question: How can I document that a function returns a tuple in such a way that PyCharm will be able to use it for type hinting? Contrived example: def fetch_abbrev_customer_info(customer_id): “””Pulls abbreviated customer data from the database for the Customer with the specified …
How to specify that a parameter is a list of specific objects in Python docstrings Question: I really like using docstrings in Python to specify type parameters when projects get beyond a certain size. I’m having trouble finding a standard to use to specify that a parameter is a list of specific objects, e.g. in …
Triple-double quote v.s. Double quote Question: What is the preferred way to write Python doc string? """ or " In the book Dive Into Python, the author provides the following example: def buildConnectionString(params): """Build a connection string from a dictionary of parameters. Returns string.""" In another chapter, the author provides another example: def stripnulls(data): "strip …
PEP 257 docstring trim in standard library? Question: PEP 257 says: Docstring processing tools will strip a uniform amount of indentation from the second and further lines of the docstring, equal to the minimum indentation of all non-blank lines after the first line. Any indentation in the first line of the docstring (i.e., up to …
