[Zope3-dev] initial topics for z3 doc project

Jim Fulton jim@zope.com
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:38:54 -0500


kapil thangavelu wrote:
> On Thursday 07 November 2002 12:53 pm, Guido Wesdorp wrote:
> 
>>On Thursday 07 November 2002 10:51, holger krekel wrote:
>>
>>>If all 'documentation' is available at runtime this makes it
>>>easier to have interactive search functions etc.  Maybe the
>>>Demo-Project project should really be a Zope3 product itself
>>>documenting itself.  Eat your own catfood.
>>>But that might mean we have to wait :-)
>>>
>>Do one of you know how well the sources itself are documented? It would
>>help if the docstrings would be a little more consistent then in 2... Maybe
>>we can make sure extracting documentation from the sources will lead to a
>>clean and complete reference,  making sure arguments, returnvalues etc. are
>>described in the docstrings of either the objects or the interfaces in a
>>consistent manner. Or at least set some obligatory style for docstrings or
>>so..
>>
> 
> 
> z3 source is fairly well documented in the interfaces. the semantics of 
> interaction though require a little insight into the design. which will have 
> access to at the brain trust at the sprint ;-)

This is where narrative is is critical. It helps you see the forest, not just
the trees.

Jim

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