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		ericholscher on July 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python quirks A docstring is not a comment. A docstring is actually a string that gets saved on the object, where as a comment is not used at all.

quacker on July 12, 2013 [–]

Right, and comments and documentation serve different purposes. But appropriate docstrings will greatly reduce the need for comments.

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