michael foord bpwwnotcvoidspaceorguk iybzpoboxcom wrote cleaning documentation tempfile module noticed docstrings mktemp functions module list signatures incompletely first line dont know intentional seems redundant errorprone help function already displays signatures python functions theres need put docstrings risk outofdate example helptempfilemkdtemp help function mkdtemp module tempfile mkdtempsuffix prefixtmp dirnone mkdtempsuffix prefix dir usercallable function create return unique temporary directory return value pathname directory way offbase let know couple minor tweaks check besides seems documentation help tool worth salt fetch parameters definition including docstring redundant duplication michael foord thx skip _______________________________________________ docsig maillist qnjetbpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfodocsig _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 031726 0100 pythondev docsig double specification function signatures