Getting To Know Python 1.1.
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This setting is saved with the module, so you only have to do this once per module. There are no subroutines in Python. In Python, you never explicitly specify the datatype of anything. Based on what value you assign, Python keeps track of the datatype internally. Many Python IDEs use the doc string to provide context-sensitive documentation, so that when you type a function name, its doc string appears as a tooltip.