__doc__ immutable for classes (was: Re: how to inherit docstrings?)

[Gregory Ewing]

Eric Snow wrote:
> But for "method" objects  (really a wrapper for
> bound functions) would it change the __doc__ of the wrapper or of the
> bound function?

You probably wouldn't want to change the __doc__ of a method
wrapper; instead you'd make sure you got hold of the underlying
function first. So __doc__ on method wrappers should probably
remain read-only to avoid surprises.

-- 
Greg