issue27043 - Explain the inspect.cleandoc behavior on synopsis line and other lines.

Patch contributed by Nathan Harold.
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Senthil Kumaran 2016-05-29 20:36:58 -07:00
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commit ebd84e342c
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@ -489,8 +489,12 @@ Retrieving source code
.. function:: cleandoc(doc)
Clean up indentation from docstrings that are indented to line up with blocks
of code. Any whitespace that can be uniformly removed from the second line
onwards is removed. Also, all tabs are expanded to spaces.
of code.
All leading whitespace is removed from the first line. Any leading whitespace
that can be uniformly removed from the second line onwards is removed. Empty
lines at the beginning and end are subsequently removed. Also, all tabs are
expanded to spaces.
.. _inspect-signature-object: