PEP 257 – Docstring Conventions Author: David Goodger <goodger at python.org>, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> Discussions-To: Doc-SIG list Status: Active Type: Informational Created: 29-May-2001 Post-History: 13-Jun-2001 Table of Contents Abstract Rationale Specification What is a Docstring? One-line Docstrings Multi-line Docstrings Handling Docstring Indentation Copyright Acknowledgements
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