[Numpy-discussion] merging docs from wiki

[David Goldsmith]

Is there any way to move the existing parts of this thread (i.e., not just
future posts, which of course is as simple as posting them there instead)
over to scipy-dev, where it really belongs?

DG

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:

> to, 2009-10-01 kello 12:19 -0400, Ralf Gommers kirjoitti:
> > Sorry to ask again, but it would really be very useful to get those
> > docstrings merged for both scipy and numpy.
> [clip]
>
> Numpy's new docstrings is are now in SVN too, for the most part. An
> amazing amount of work was done during the summer, thanks to all who
> participated!
> >
> > For numpy in principle the same procedure, except there are some
> > objects that need the add_newdocs treatment. There are two types of
> > errors, my question is (mainly to Pauli) if they both need the same
> > treatment or a different one.
> >
> > Errors:
> > 1. source location not known, like:
> > ERROR: numpy.broadcast.next: source location for docstring is not known
> > 2. source location known but failed to find a place to add docstrings,
> > like:
> > ERROR: Source location for numpy.lib.function_base.iterable known,
> > but failed to find a place for the docstring
>
> These I didn't commit yet. Mostly, they can be fixed by adding necessary
> entries to add_newdocs.py. However, some of these may be objects
> assigning docstrings to which may be technically difficult and requires
> larger changes. The second error may also indicate a bug in patch
> generation.
>
> --
> Pauli Virtanen
>
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