How do I programmatically set the docstring?

Question

I have a wrapper function that returns a function. Is there a way to programmatically set the docstring of the returned function? If I could write to __doc__ I\

Answer 1

An instancemethod gets its docstring from its __func__. Change the docstring of __func__ instead. (The __doc__ attribute of functions are are writeable.)

>>> class Foo(object):
...     def bar(self):
...         pass
...
>>> Foo.bar.__func__.__doc__ = "A super docstring"
>>> help(Foo.bar)
Help on method bar in module __main__:

bar(self) unbound __main__.Foo method
    A super docstring

>>> foo = Foo()
>>> help(foo.bar)
Help on method bar in module __main__:

bar(self) method of __main__.Foo instance
    A super docstring

From the 2.7 docs:

User-defined methods

A user-defined method object combines a class, a class instance (or None) and any callable object (normally a user-defined function).

Special read-only attributes: im_self is the class instance object, im_func is the function object; im_class is the class of im_self for bound methods or the class that asked for the method for unbound methods; __doc__ is the method’s documentation (same as im_func.__doc__); __name__ is the method name (same as im_func.__name__); __module__ is the name of the module the method was defined in, or None if unavailable.

Changed in version 2.2: im_self used to refer to the class that defined the method.

Changed in version 2.6: For 3.0 forward-compatibility, im_func is also available as __func__, and im_self as __self__.