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		Izkata 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weigh... > Python will literally assign the content of your docstring (a triple-quoted string at the start of a function) Any string. Triple-quoted is just multiline strings and works anywhere.

TheRealPomax 4 months ago [–]

True, I forget some people think a single line is function documentation; any function that's worth documenting is worth documenting properly, and needs multiline ;)

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