Inside a function, the function is known by its own name. Just as you
can call a function recursively by name, you can access its properties
by name:
def myview(request):
""" My docstring """
help = myview.__doc__
--Ned.
motard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the reference.
> Access to the __doc__ property of a function is always done by first
> importing the function and then calling the property.
>
> What if I want to include the docstring of a function in the context
> this same function returns?
>
> should I simply import the views module again?
>
> Or is there a simple way of referencing itself inside of my function?
>
> I would like to be able to do something like this:
>
> def myview(request):
> """
> My docstring
> """
>
> help = self.__doc__ #Obviously this does not work
>
>
> On Feb 26, 3:43 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Stefan Tunsch <stun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I have a site that is starting to be used by a growing number of users,
>>> and I find myself in the need of creating some kind of user manual.
>>> My first thought has been to use the docstrings with which I'm
>>> documenting my code.
>>> I've seen that django comes with a Documentation option in the admin
>>> that pulls the docstrings present in your code.
>>>
>>> My question is:
>>>
>>> How can I use this in my own views?
>>> Anyone has some experience with this issue?
>>> What approach would be best.
>>>
>>> Right now I'm not even capable of placing the docstring of a view
>>> inside of a variable of this same view in order to use it in my context...
>>>
>>> Regards, Stefan
>>>
>>> This occurs through introspection of view and template tags by using the
>>>
>> docutils module and the __doc__ attribute on functions, you can see how it
>> occurs
>> here:http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/contrib/adm...
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> --
>> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
>> say it." --Voltaire
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>>
> >
>
>
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