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<i> > Emulating that limited-use facility in a language the does not have runtime facilities to support just imposes addition runtime costs for no conceivable benefits. </i><P>
yes, avoiding runtime costs is the real problem.<P>
<i> > The only example I've seen that makes any logical sense at all (to me), is the ability to query the information in a repl. </i><P>
docstrings are mostly oneliners (at least in elisp) <P>
Other applications are methodbrowsers/tabexpansions showing additional infos.<P>
Or tooltips in IDEs when hovering the mouse over a method call.<P>
PODs are not DRY, the subname must be repeated, docstrings are automatically at the right place.<P>
see also:[id://995251]<P>
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<p>Cheers Rolf
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