Attribute docstrings work now, fixes #138

jedi/inference/names.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from parso.tree import search_ancestor
 
 from jedi._compatibility import Parameter
-from jedi.parser_utils import clean_scope_docstring
+from jedi.parser_utils import clean_scope_docstring, find_statement_documentation
 from jedi.inference.utils import unite
 from jedi.inference.base_value import ValueSet, NO_VALUES
 from jedi.inference import docstrings
@@ -324,10 +324,12 @@ def py__doc__(self, include_signatures=False):
         if self.api_type in ('function', 'class'):
             return clean_scope_docstring(self.tree_name.get_definition())
 
+        if self.api_type == 'statement' and self.tree_name.is_definition():
+            return find_statement_documentation(self.tree_name.get_definition())
+
         if self.api_type == 'module':
             names = self.goto()
             if self not in names:
-                print('la', _merge_name_docs(names))
                 return _merge_name_docs(names)
         return super(TreeNameDefinition, self).py__doc__(include_signatures)
 
@@ -578,7 +580,6 @@ def api_type(self):
         return 'module'
 
     def py__doc__(self, include_signatures=False):
-        print('la', (self.goto()))
         return _merge_name_docs(self.goto())
 
 

jedi/parser_utils.py

@@ -109,6 +109,21 @@ def clean_scope_docstring(scope_node):
     return ''
 
 
+def find_statement_documentation(tree_node):
+    if tree_node.type == 'expr_stmt':
+        tree_node = tree_node.parent  # simple_stmt
+        maybe_string = tree_node.get_next_sibling()
+        if maybe_string is not None:
+            if maybe_string.type == 'simple_stmt':
+                maybe_string = maybe_string.children[0]
+                if maybe_string.type == 'string':
+                    cleaned = cleandoc(safe_literal_eval(maybe_string.value))
+                    # Since we want the docstr output to be always unicode, just
+                    # force it.
+                    return force_unicode(cleaned)
+    return ''
+
+
 def safe_literal_eval(value):
     first_two = value[:2].lower()
     if first_two[0] == 'f' or first_two in ('fr', 'rf'):

test/test_api/test_documentation.py

@@ -52,3 +52,26 @@ def test_lambda(Script):
 )
 def test_help_no_returns(Script, code, kwargs):
     assert not Script(code).help(**kwargs)
+
+
+def test_attribute_docstrings(goto_or_help):
+    code = dedent('''\
+        class X:
+            "ha"
+            x = 3
+            """ Yeah """
+            y = 5
+            "f g "
+            z = lambda: 1
+        ''')
+
+    d, = goto_or_help(code + 'X.x')
+    assert d.docstring() == 'Yeah '
+    d, = goto_or_help(code + 'X().x')
+    assert d.docstring() == 'Yeah '
+
+    d, = goto_or_help(code + 'X.y')
+    assert d.docstring() == 'f g '
+
+    d, = goto_or_help(code + 'X.z')
+    assert d.docstring() == ''