From: "Doug Hellmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This seems like a large undertaking.
Not necessarily. It can be done incrementally, starting with things like str.split() that almost no one understands completely. It should be put here and there where it adds some clarity.
I'm sure you're not underestimating the effort, but I have the sense that you may be overestimating the usefulness of the results (or maybe I'm underestimating them through some lack of understanding). Would it be more optimal (in terms of both effort and results) to extend the existing documentation and/or docstrings with examples that use all of the functions so developers can see how to call them and what results to expect?
The idea includes pure python code augmented by doctestable doctrings with enough examples. So, we're almost talking about the same thing. There is one difference; since the new attribute is guaranteed to be executable, it can be reliably run through doctest. The same is *not* true for arbitrary docstrings. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
