[Python-3000] Adaptation and type declarations

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/11/06, Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote:
> If the __signature__ is parsed from the first line, it puts it right
> below the function definition.
>
>      def pattern_search(seq, pattern, start=0):
>          """ fn(str, str, int) -> (str, int)
>
>              Get a sub-string and index using a pattern.
>          """
>          <block>

Please don't. Parsing stuff out of docstrings is a poor substitute for
explicit syntax, either using decorators or the proposed argument
annotations.

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