[niemeyer@conectiva.com: Re: [Python-Dev] Python's footprint]

[Guido van Rossum]

> Well, can't speak for PythonLabs, but I don't see any benefit
> from making doc-string complicated by introducing #ifdefs. It
> doesn't buy us anything, IMHO. Even worse: it makes translating
> the doc-strings harder.

If there is platform-specific functionality, the docstring should
document that only on the platform where it applies.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)