[C++-sig] docstring in enum

Stefan Seefeld seefeld at sympatico.ca
Wed Jun 27 20:48:38 CEST 2007


Piotr Jaroszyński wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it somehow possible to add docstring to enum_? I tried with 
> PyObject_SetAttrString, but it doesn't work. Don't you think that docstrings 
> would be useful in enums as well?

docstrings are attached to modules, classes and functions in python, not arbitrary
objects (read: only these have a __doc__ member).

What would the document string you provide be bound to, in case of an enum ?
It just maps to an int anyway...

Regards,
		Stefan

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