Create documentation from python modules and other objects.

Latest release 20240630: module_doc: insert the class usage message for subclasses of BaseCommand.

Function is_dunder(name)

Test whether a name is a dunder name (__foo__).

Function module_doc(module, *, sort_key=<function <lambda> at 0x109353eb0>, filter_key=<function <lambda> at 0x109353f40>, method_names=None)

Fetch the docstrings from a module and assemble a MarkDown document.

Parameters:

• module: the module or module name to inspect
• sort_key: optional key for sorting names in the documentation; default: name
• filter_key`: optional test for a key used to select or reject keys to appear in the documentation
• method_names: optional list of method names to document; the default is to document __init__, then CONSTANTS, the dunders, then other public names

Function obj_docstring(obj)

Return a docstring for obj which has been passed through stripped_dedent.

This function uses obj.__doc__ if it is not None, otherwise getcomments(obj) if that is not None, otherwise ''. The chosen string is passed through stripped_dedent before return.

Release Log

Release 20240630: module_doc: insert the class usage message for subclasses of BaseCommand.

Release 20240422: module_doc: only list things in all if provided.

Release 20240412: module_doc: classes: MRO: suppress classes which are not immediate superclasses.

Release 20220311: module_doc: class members no longer rendered as headings, too verbose.

Release 20210306: Drop noise leaked into output.

Release 20210123:

• module_doc: include properties/descriptors.
• DISTINFO: this is not Python 2 compatible, drop tag.

Release 20200718:

• New is_dunder(name) function to test whether name is a dunder name.
• module_doc: new method_names parameter to report only specific attributes from a class - default is all public names and most dunder methods - things without docs are not reported.
• Assorted small changes.

Release 20200521: Initial PyPI release.