Joan Miller <pelok...@gmail.com> writes: > When a package is imported, it gets the dosctring to store it in > *__doc__*.
Joan, in this message and numerous others you've been following the widespread convention of using asterisks ‘*’ to surround text you want to emphasise. Normally that's good, but in a programming-language context (or any other where asterisks have a separate established meaning), it's not a good idea. In many cases, asterisks signify “match any number of arbitrary characters at this position”, which gives a rather different meaning to what you're writing. You might be better off using quotes (like '__doc__' or ‘__doc__’), or the reStructuredText syntax for demarcating a special element, backticks (like `__doc__`). Even they need to be used with care, though, because they also have specific established meanings (except the typographical quotes, which is why I use them). I hope that helps. > Does that funcion is built in python? because I would want use it to > get the docstring without import a package Why is it you want to do this? Modules should not have unwanted side effects when imported; if you can't import the module without invoking those unwanted side effects, the module is poorly written. That's not to say that such poorly-written modules don't exist. What is the situation? Perhaps there's a better solution. -- \ “Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us.” —James Russell | `\ Lowell | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
