Formats Python docstrings can be written following several formats as the other posts showed. However the default Sphinx docstring format was not mentioned and is based on reStructuredText (reST). You …

Dec 2, 2022 · The most widely accepted and standardized format for Python docstrings is the one defined in the PEP 257 - Docstring Conventions. This format is supported by most IDEs, including …

Oct 6, 2009 · It will choose the Python interpreter in the user path, so will automatically choose the user preferred interpreter. The second one is the file encoding. Nowadays every file must have a …

How to document methods with parameters using Python's documentation strings? PEP 257 gives this example: def complex (real=0.0, imag=0.0): """Form a complex number.

Mar 2, 2010 · Pick a documentation generation tool, such as pydoc or epydoc (I use epydoc in pyparsing), and use the markup syntax recognized by that tool. Run that tool often while you are …

Oct 29, 2022 · Where can I find Python 3.11 documentation in CHM file? In some situations, this is more useful than the HTML format. The last one I have is for version 3.11 alpha 4.

Python specifically documents it's acceptable conventions in PEPs. There are different Python source tools that extract properly formatted documentation. In fact Python actually has an attribute doc string …

Here is an Example Google Style Python Docstrings on how module can be documented. Basically there is an information about a module, how to execute it and information about module level …

Jul 13, 2019 · More Details / Example The top 3 Python docstring formats are: Google Sphinx NumPY/ReST VS Code will take ReST format (NumPY style) and properly layout the headers from …

Jul 21, 2020 · Assuming you would like to use napoleon to render your docstrings into docs, the sphinx developers are working towards a way to add custom sections to class-level docstrings (see Issue …