[Python-Dev] readonly __doc__

ssteinerX@gmail.com ssteinerx at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 20:18:37 CEST 2009


On Oct 22, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Well __doc__ isn't a normal attribute -- it doesn't follow  
> inheritance rules.

Maybe we could add a ticket to flag this in the docs.

Is __doc__ not normal due to its general underscorishness, or is it  
not normal because it isn't?

Any others that deserve special notice, while we're at it?

Thanks,

S



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