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Parse Python docstrings in reST, Google and Numpydoc format
Last release 3 months ago
03 Jul 2026
Release timing varies
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no release was ever pulled
3 years old
16 releases · first in 2023
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Numpydoc: Preserve the raw type declaration for parameters and attributes
- Just absorbing upstream 0.18
Fixed attribute rendering issue (when rendering docstrings from parsed object)
Merged in the latest changes from upstream (version 0.17)
tox.ini for local tox testsTweaked how to calculate the size of a Docstring object
Docstring objectAdded calculation of the size of a Docstring object
Docstring objectFor numpy style, raise ParseError when a section with non-empty contents is detected but nothing can be parsed
ParseError when a section with non-empty contents is detected
but nothing can be parsedSwitched to pprint to show details of a Docstring object
Docstring objectAdded support for parsing attributes from Sphinx-style docstrings
Made "Attributes" a separate section from "Parameters" (for Google, Numpy, and Sphinx styles)
Merged in the latest changes from upstream (version 0.16)
Google: Fix parsing issue of return section (which would not parse dict[str, Any] | None: Something correctly)
dict[str, Any] | None: Something correctly)Numpy: Add many_yields property
Google, Numpy, Sphinx: Make "Yields" an official parsed section (DocstringYields)
DocstringYields)
Google: Added capability to parse the yields section
Google: Fixed a bug where union style return types (such as int | str) are not parsed correctly
int | str) are not parsed correctly (https://github.com/rr-/docstring_parser/issues/81)Your coding agent can read these notes before it upgrades. Set up the MCP server →