I am using Sphinx to document out my functions. However, it does not read my doc strings for function with a decorator. Sphinx just replace the function doc strings with <The magic happens here> My functions are written in this manner with a decorator. How do i make Sphinx detect the doc strings in the function. Folder is in this
Tag: docstring
Defining docstring raises for functions not explicitly raising exception
The above function is not explicitly raising any exception, but as can be seen, its execution can potentially raise KeyError and HTTPError. Is it fine to mention these in docstring? What does the best practice say? Answer This is too long for a comment, but it is not a full answer either, because it is based on what I have
Accessing __doc__ of function inside a lambda
I would like to extract the docstring of a function once it has been wrapped in lambda. Consider the following example: I get: How can I reference the function called on “calling” the lambda one? Update Thanks for all answers: Answer There is no “good” way to do this. However, it is technically possible using the inspect module. Here is
Link function1.__doc__ to function2.__doc__
Does anybody know if it is possible to link a function1.__doc__ to a function2.__doc__ without writting it 2 times ? For example I tried something like: The last line is what I would like to have. Thanks ! :) Answer you can just assign it at after you define the function. Since a function is just an object in python
How to put a variable into Python docstring
So I’m trying to create a “dynamic” docstring which is something like this: to basically let the docstring for @param animalType show whatever ANIMAL_TYPES has; so that when this variable is updated, the docstring will be updated automatically. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work. Does anyone know if there is a way of achieving this? Answer Triple-quoted strings are one
How do I disable “missing docstring” warnings at a file-level in Pylint?
Pylint throws errors that some of the files are missing docstrings. I try and add docstrings to each class, method and function, but it seems that Pylint also checks that files should have a docstring at the beginning of them. Can I disable this somehow? I would like to be notified of a docstring is missing inside a class, function