PEP-0318

[Anthony Baxter]

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:39:05 -0400, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1369.1092015284.5135.python-list at python.org>,
>  Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > def doc(docstring):
> >     def add_doc_string(func, docstring=docstring):
> >         func.__doc__ = docstring
> >         return func
> >     return add_doc_string
> 
> I don't understand the "docstring=docstring" in the argument list for
> add_doc_string.  I suspect there's something subtle going on with scope
> rules, but I don't see it.

Oops, habit, from before Python had nested scopes. You don't need it
these days.