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even if the docstring is only one line long. This way it's easy to add
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more stuff to it later.
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+ ## Documenting other stuff
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+ Docstrings aren't actually limited to functions. You can use them for
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+ documenting [ classes] ( classes.md ) and their methods too. For example,
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+ let's make a file like this and save it to ` test.py ` :
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+ ``` python
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+ """ A test module.
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+ It contains a class and a function.
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+ """
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+ class Thing :
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+ """ This is a test class."""
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+
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+ def thingy (self ):
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+ """ This is a test method."""
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+ print (" hello" )
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+
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+ def do_hello ():
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+ """ This is a test function."""
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+ thing = Thing()
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+ thing.thingy()
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+ ```
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+ Then we can import it and call help on it:
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+ [ comment ] : # ( github screws up syntax highlighting here )
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+ ```
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+ >>> import test
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+ >>> help(test)
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+ Help on module testie:
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+ NAME
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+ testie - A test module.
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+ DESCRIPTION
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+ It contains a class and a function.
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+ CLASSES
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+ builtins.object
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+ Thing
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+ class Thing(builtins.object)
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+ | This is a test class.
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+ |
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+ | Methods defined here:
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+ |
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+ | thingy(self)
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+ | This is a test method.
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+ |
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+ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ | Data descriptors defined here:
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+ |
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+ | __dict__
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+ | dictionary for instance variables (if defined)
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+ |
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+ | __weakref__
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+ | list of weak references to the object (if defined)
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+
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+ FUNCTIONS
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+ do_hello()
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+ This is a test function.
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+ FILE
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+ /home/akuli/testie.py
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+ ```
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+ That's pretty cool. We just added docstrings to our code and Python made
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+ this thing out of it.
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+ You might be wondering what ` __weakref__ ` is. You don't need to care
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+ about it, and I think it would be better if ` help() ` would hide it.
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## Popular Docstring Formats
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There are different styles for writing docstrings. If you are contributing to
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- ## Documenting other stuff
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- Docstrings aren't actually limited to functions. You can use them for
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- documenting [ classes] ( classes.md ) and their methods too. For example,
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- let's make a file like this and save it to ` test.py ` :
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-
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- ``` python
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- """ A test module.
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-
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- It contains a class and a function.
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- """
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-
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- class Thing :
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- """ This is a test class."""
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-
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- def thingy (self ):
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- """ This is a test method."""
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- print (" hello" )
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-
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-
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- def do_hello ():
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- """ This is a test function."""
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- thing = Thing()
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- thing.thingy()
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- ```
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- Then we can import it and call help on it:
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- [ comment ] : # ( github screws up syntax highlighting here )
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-
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- ```
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- >>> import test
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- >>> help(test)
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- Help on module testie:
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-
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- NAME
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- testie - A test module.
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-
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- DESCRIPTION
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- It contains a class and a function.
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-
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- CLASSES
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- builtins.object
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- Thing
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- class Thing(builtins.object)
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- | This is a test class.
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- |
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- | Methods defined here:
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- |
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- | thingy(self)
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- | This is a test method.
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- |
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- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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- | Data descriptors defined here:
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- |
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- | __dict__
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- | dictionary for instance variables (if defined)
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- |
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- | __weakref__
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- | list of weak references to the object (if defined)
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- FUNCTIONS
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- do_hello()
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- This is a test function.
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- FILE
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- /home/akuli/testie.py
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- ```
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- That's pretty cool. We just added docstrings to our code and Python made
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- this thing out of it.
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- You might be wondering what ` __weakref__ ` is. You don't need to care
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- about it, and I think it would be better if ` help() ` would hide it.
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## When should we use docstrings?
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Always use docstrings when writing code that other people will import.
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