On 07/12/2013 01:35, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 12/6/2013 12:03 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
Is it just me, or is this basically useless?
>>> help(object)
Help on class object in module builtins:
class object
| The most base type
Given that this can be interpreted as 'least desirable', it could
definitely be improved.
Surely a few more words,
How about something like.
'''The default top superclass for all Python classes.
Its methods are inherited by all classes unless overriden.
'''
When you have 1 or more concrete suggestions for the docstring, open a
tracker issue.
Terry's suggestion above remains odds on favourite on the grounds that
there have been no other suggestions. I'll give it another day, then
raise a tracker issue, unless the overwhelming smell of pot that has
been drifting around this thread knocks me unconscious.
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