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Re: generating a manual from annotations in source code



> > I'd like to see docstrings compiled into the executable since it
> > minimizes the number of files that need to be installed.
> 
> I would say definitely not, because we want to translate the
> doc strings into ten thousand different (human) languages and
> choose which file to use based upon local settings.

I feel that since the idea is to distribute source code as widely
as possible, having executables tailored to a particular human language
is not such a bad thing.

	- Tel