Command Line Configuration Options

PLUM_SIMPLE_DOC

Set PLUM_SIMPLE_DOC=1 to prevent Plum from concatenating the docstrings of all methods. Consider

from plum import dispatch


@dispatch.abstract
def do(x):
    """Do something."""


@dispatch
def do(x: int) -> int:
    """Do something with integers."""

The usual output of help(f) is as follows:

Help on Function in module __main__:

do(x)
    Do something.

    ---------------------------

    do(x: int) -> int

    Do something with integers.

With PLUM_SIMPLE_DOC=1, help(f) only shows the docstring of the first registered method:

Help on Function in module __main__:

do(x)
    Do something.