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authorTristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk>2018-10-09 18:39:24 +0900
committerTristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk>2018-10-09 18:39:24 +0900
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CONTRIBUTING.rst: Added note about sphinx supporting docstrings on instance variables
Python does not natively support this, but sphinx does parse them and includes these in the generated documentation.
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*Since: 1.2*
"""
+.. note::
+
+ Python does not really support docstrings on instance variables, but
+ sphinx does pick them up includes them in the generated documentation.
+
**Internal instance variable**::
def __init__(self, context, element):