Docstring

//ˈdɒk.stɹɪŋ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

Etymology

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

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here documentrun timesource code

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