[Python-3000] Adaptation and type declarations

Wed Apr 19 12:28:47 CEST 2006

On 4/11/06, Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote:
> If the __signature__ is parsed from the first line, it puts it right
> below the function definition.
>> def pattern_search(seq, pattern, start=0):
> """ fn(str, str, int) -> (str, int)
>> Get a sub-string and index using a pattern.
> """
> <block>

Please don't. Parsing stuff out of docstrings is a poor substitute for
explicit syntax, either using decorators or the proposed argument
annotations.
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)