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Numpydoc how to document the signature of a function as an argument


I have the function

def foo(bar):
    return bar(var1, var2)

where bar is a function that takes two variables named var1 and var2 and returns an str obj, what is the proper numpydocs way to document this?

I thought of something like:

def foo(bar):
    """
    ...
    Parameters
    -----------
    bar: func(var1: list[str], var2: str) -> str
    """
    return bar(var1, var2)

Solution

  • I'd do this way:

    def foo(bar):
        """
        ...
        Parameters
        ----------
        bar: callable
            - ``var1``: description of parameter var1 (`list`).
            - ``var2``: description of parameter var2 (`str`).
        """
        return bar(var1, var2)
    

    If you definitely need to include the return type of that internal function, then maybe:

    
    def foo(bar):
        """
        ...
        Parameters
        ----------
        bar: callable
    
             ``bar(var1: list[str], var2: str) -> str``
    
        Some description about `var1` and `var2`.
        """
        return bar(var1, var2)