Directives in numpy docstring convention
Hi there, Is there a reason why the numpy docstring convention doesn't use the sphinx directives .. deprecated:: [1] and .. seealso:: [2]? I see that the numpy convention [3] uses the .. note:: directive for the deprecation notes, and for the "See also" it uses a section in this form: See also ------------- I guess those directives were added to the sphinx after the numpy docstring convention was created. And in this case, while is probably not worth to update numpy docstrings, I think they should be used for new projects that want to follow the numpy convention. Is that the case, or is there a reason why new projects shouldn't use them? Thanks! 1. http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/markup/para.html#directive-deprecated 2. http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/markup/para.html#directive-seealso 3. https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
su, 2017-12-24 kello 18:51 +0000, Marc Garcia kirjoitti: [clip]
I guess those directives were added to the sphinx after the numpy docstring convention was created.
Just a comment on the historical point: the Numpy docstring standard existed before first Sphinx release. -- Pauli Virtanen
On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Marc Garcia
Hi there,
Is there a reason why the numpy docstring convention doesn't use the sphinx directives .. deprecated:: [1] and .. seealso:: [2]?
I see that the numpy convention [3] uses the .. note:: directive for the deprecation notes, and for the "See also" it uses a section in this form:
See also -------------
I guess those directives were added to the sphinx after the numpy docstring convention was created. And in this case, while is probably not worth to update numpy docstrings, I think they should be used for new projects that want to follow the numpy convention. Is that the case, or is there a reason why new projects shouldn't use them?
If you prefer the way those Sphinx directives are rendered, then I don't see a problem with using them. I think our recommendation would be to keep to the NumPy docstring standard however; that'll get rendered like the docs for all core packages in the ecosystem. Ralf
Thanks!
1. http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/markup/para.html# directive-deprecated 2. http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/markup/para.html#directive-seealso 3. https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
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