Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > 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). > > But property() itself explicitly takes a docstring parameter. It is > that docstring that seems of limited value, except that Eric Snow has > pointed out that help(instance) will display property help strings.
I had forgotten that there is explicit support for adding a docstring to the property itself. That does raise the question of why :-/ Oh well, I like the analogy and will find a better place soon to force-fit it to a technical discussion :-) -- \ Lucifer: “Just sign the Contract, sir, and the Piano is yours.” | `\ Ray: “Sheesh! This is long! Mind if I sign it now and read it | _o__) later?” —http://www.achewood.com/ | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
