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docstring

noun
/ˈdɒk.stɹɪŋ/UK/ˈdɑk.stɹɪŋ/US

Etymology

From doc + string; see doc (“documentation”).

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻ — “rope, cord, strand; to tighten”
  2. inherited from *strangiz✻ — “string”
  3. inherited from *strangi✻
  4. inherited from strenġ
  5. inherited from string
  6. compounded as docstring — “doc + string”

Definitions

  1. A string literal specified in source code that is used, like a comment, to document a…

    A string literal specified in source code that is used, like a comment, to document a specific segment of code, but remains available at run-time.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for docstring. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA