docstring Archives

What are the most common Python docstring formats?

August 19, 2022 by Magenaut

I have seen a few different styles of writing docstrings in Python, what are the most popular styles? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you found the post helpful (or … Read more

Python decorator handling docstrings

August 14, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a problem using docstrings with decorators. Given the following example:

How do I programmatically set the docstring?

August 13, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a wrapper function that returns a function. Is there a way to programmatically set the docstring of the returned function? If I could write to __doc__ I’d do the following: