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Gerrit Holl gerrit.holl at pobox.com
Sat Feb 12 15:24:39 EST 2000 
David C. Ullrich wrote on 950355148:
> > http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/types.html#l2h-97
> >
> >    Callable types
> >           These are the types to which the function call operation (see
> >           section 5.3.4, ``Calls'') can be applied:
> >
> >         User-defined functions
> >                 [stuff about user-defined functions, including __doc__.]
> >
> > So this applies to all callable objects, I thought.
> 
>     The indentation would seem to suggest it applies to user-defined
> functions. In any case, I don't see what you're confused about - the
> part you quote says that various things _do_ have __doc__ attributes,
> it says nothing to the effect that these are the _only_ things with
> __doc__ attributes. Various other things do - nothing in the docs
> says otherwise.

But I want some sort of definition: what types may contain doc strings?
Strings, lists, dictionaries and all numeric types obviously may not.

regards,
Gerrit.

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