Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Mar 20, 2026first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forrunnable documentation

Why people recommend it

“I generally liked Python doctests: runnable documentation.”

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“Python community figured this out in 2005”

“it is often a quick and easy way to document and test your code/documentation at the same time.”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

All comments 4

“I generally liked Python doctests: runnable documentation.”

“Python community figured this out in 2005”

“it is often a quick and easy way to document and test your code/documentation at the same time.”

Threads where it came up

Data: doctest.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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