- The reify decorator now maintains the docstring of the function it

  wraps.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/repoze/bfg/decorator.py b/repoze/bfg/decorator.py
index d30a06658..98d7b36b5 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/decorator.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/decorator.py
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class reify(object):
 
     def __init__(self, wrapped):
         self.wrapped = wrapped
+        try:
+            self.__doc__ = wrapped.__doc__
+        except: # pragma: no cover
+            pass
 
     def __get__(self, inst, objtype=None):
         if inst is None:
diff --git a/repoze/bfg/tests/test_decorator.py b/repoze/bfg/tests/test_decorator.py
index b1ac2252d..d41c62c65 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/tests/test_decorator.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/tests/test_decorator.py
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ class TestReify(unittest.TestCase):
         result = decorator.__get__(None)
         self.assertEqual(result, decorator)
 
+    def test___doc__copied(self):
+        def wrapped(inst):
+            """My doc"""
+        decorator = self._makeOne(wrapped)
+        self.assertEqual(decorator.__doc__, "My doc")
+        
 class Dummy(object):
     pass