Hi! [Fred L. Drake, Jr.]: [...]
I want tools that don't require the import of a module's source code.
The current implementation of pythondoc doesn't meet this requirement, since it does 'import'. I like to cite from the README in 'gendoc-0.73', which supports both modes: gd> Did some simple measurements on gendoc generating HTMLg gd> documentation for all python modules in the standard gd> ditribution (almost) (HP 712/80Mhz): gd> gd> gendoc -i (import mode) gendoc -p (parser mode) gd> ----------------------- ----------------------- gd> real 6m19.93s real 1h26m31.63s gd> user 1m56.36s user 22m29.63s gd> sys 0m10.41s sys 0m47.38s However with todays computer this speed issue shouldn't matter much. [Fred]:
I want it to produce a data structure that can be stored persistently, and I want to be able to produce really nice HTML. I want it written in 100% Python and work with both the CPython and JPython interpreters.
The notion of formatters is present both in pythondoc and gendoc. The data structures in pythondoc seem to be little bit clearer and better to understand. I'm however eager to have a look at ping's manpy. [Fred]:
I'd like to see a processing tool that outputs structure. This should probably be based on pythondoc, since a lot of the work is done there; perhaps Ping would like to work on that? ;-) It has the nice property of supporting multiple backends. I've no idea of the quality of the code; last time I tried it, it just wouldn't work for me. Is Daniel Larson still working on pythondoc?
Daniel Larsson (who is currently still subscribed to this list, Hi!), seems to be very busy or on vacation at the moment. Last week I downloaded his 'pythondoc_07.zip' (released on Jan 25th 2000) and send email to him pointing out, that this archive contains files, which are definitely older than those contained in the 'pythondoc-0.6.tgz' he has released before. He has not reacted yet. Regards, Peter. -- Peter Funk, Oldenburger Str.86, 27777 Ganderkesee, Tel: 04222 9502 70, Fax: -60