[Python-ideas] inheriting docstrings and mutable docstings for classes

[David Stanek]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>wrote:

> David Stanek wrote:
>>
>> How would a tool know if the behavior of a method changed without
>> analyzing
>> the code? I think this could very easily lead to a situation where a
>> project's generated documentation is incorrect.
>>
>
>
> That's the developer's problem, and no different from any other case where
> you inherit data without ensuring it is the correct data.
>

This means that a significant amount of existing code may/will have problems
with this type of change. If Sphinx did this automatically I'm sure there
would be lots of incorrect documentation. I think the developer should
explicitly carry over and modify the documentation if necessary.


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