David W. Lambert <lamber...@corning.com> added the comment: I disagree. Purpose of __doc__ is to explain functionality all at once. This command idiom is useful:
$ python -c 'from a_module import thing; help(thing)' The doctest module is a lightweight nicety that helps verify that which is suitable. The sufficiently simple algorithms of my code have doc strings that are the complete test and explanation. For others I provide both docstring and unit tests. But with many I explain the arguments and output, possibly the algorithm in a doc string. Tests and use case examples reside in the module's unit test. I'm among the "Choose correct tool for the job. python comes with full tool bag." group. ---------- nosy: +LambertDW _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4899> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
