On Aug 9, 1:36 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> writes: > > So if property docstrings are so hard to get to, what's the point in > > having them? > > Why would you expect there be a special point to them? > > Men, like all primates of any sex, have nipples. > > Properties, like any function in Python, have docstrings.
So are you saying that men's nipples are pointless? You could be correct, except in cold weather maybe. John -- > > They're an accident of the history that led to their implementation, and > of the pre-existing parts that they're built from. There doesn't need to > be a point to them (though they might be useful for reasons incidental > for the reasons they exist). > > -- > \ “I filled my humidifier with wax. Now my room is all shiny.” | > `\ —Steven Wright | > _o__) | > Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list