That's actually precisely what I'd like. So, what are metaclass conflicts?
Martin Am Dienstag, 8. November 2016 12:37:20 UTC+1 schrieb Erik Bray: > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:58 AM, 'Martin R' via sage-devel > <sage-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Thanks for these hints! I'm afraid that I still have to go with > Jeroen's > > solution, because I'd like to have different descriptions of the class, > only > > what's displayed as "Init docstring" should be kept. > > > > It's actually strange that non-present docstrings of methods which are > > overwritten are not taken from the parent class. > > It is an annoyance. I think I asked Python-dev about this once > before, and there was a reason for it, but I don't remember what the > explanation was. > > I didn't mean to keep tossing out links to stuff in Astropy, but there > is a workaround for this: > > > http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/api/astropy.utils.misc.InheritDocstrings.html > > > If you use the InheritDocstrings metaclass then your class will do > just this. Just be aware that if you use a metaclass you have to be > aware of the downsides to that (namely metaclass conflicts in > inheritance). > > > Am Montag, 7. November 2016 16:04:07 UTC+1 schrieb Travis Scrimshaw: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:26:57 AM UTC-6, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2016-11-07 14:13, 'Martin R' via sage-devel wrote: > >>> > I would like that these subclasses inherit the docstring of > >>> > GrowthDiagram.__init__ (and a few other methods), but I do not know > how > >>> > to achieve this. > >>> > >>> sage: class B(A): > >>> ....: def __init__(self): > >>> ....: pass > >>> ....: __init__.__doc__ = A.__init__.__doc__ > >>> > >> > >> IIRC, another option would be to put it in the class-level doc, which > is > >> automatically passed down provided the subclass doesn't do its own > >> class-level doc. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "sage-devel" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
