On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 12:32 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 09:45:35AM -0800, Paul Bryan wrote: > > > I propose there is already a viable option in typing.Annotated. > > Example: > > > > @dataclass > > class InventoryItem: > > """Class for keeping track of an item in inventory.""" > > > > name: Annotated[str, "Short name of the item."] > > unit_price: Annotated[float, "Price per unit in dollar."] > > ... > > Oh nice! Guido's time machine strikes again. > > So dataclasses could recognise Annotated and populate `__attrdoc__`.
Indeed. > Should all classes do the same? How about top level module variables? If we started with dataclass, it could be performed in the dataclass decorator and make_dataclass functions. I think this would be low- hanging fruit compared to classes and modules.
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