Docstring for variable

Question

Is it posible to use docstring for plain variable? For example I have module called t

def f():
    \"\"\"f\"\"\"

l = lambda x: x
\"\"\"l\"\"\"
         


        

Answer 1

Epydoc allows for docstrings on variables:

While the language doesn't directly provides for them, Epydoc supports variable docstrings: if a variable assignment statement is immediately followed by a bare string literal, then that assignment is treated as a docstring for that variable.

Example:

class A:
    x = 22
    """Docstring for class variable A.x"""

    def __init__(self, a):
        self.y = a
        """Docstring for instance variable A.y