how to inherit docstrings?

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:

> class Square(Shape):
>     """ An equal-sided quadrilateral polygon. """

That this docstring is imprecise (it describes any rhombus, not
necessarily a square) is something I hope no-one else notices or draws
attention to.

Oh, darn.

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