kj: > I have some functions > that require a very long docstring to document, and somehow I find > it a bit disconcerting to stick a few screenfuls of text between > the top line of a function definition and its body.
You may put the main function(s) documentation in the docstring of the module, and a much shorter version in the docstring of the function. Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
