Bug #1441397: The compiler module now recognizes module and function

docstrings correctly as it did in Python 2.4.

Lib/compiler/transformer.py

@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ def get_docstring(self, node, n=None):
     symbol.testlist,
     symbol.testlist_safe,
     symbol.test,
+    symbol.or_test,
     symbol.and_test,
     symbol.not_test,
     symbol.comparison,

Lib/test/test_compiler.py

@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ def testTryExceptFinally(self):
     def testDefaultArgs(self):
         self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, compiler.parse, "def foo(a=1, b): pass")
 
+    def testDocstrings(self):
+        c = compiler.compile('"doc"', '<string>', 'exec')
+        self.assert_('__doc__' in c.co_names)
+        c = compiler.compile('def f():\n "doc"', '<string>', 'exec')
+        g = {}
+        exec c in g
+        self.assertEquals(g['f'].__doc__, "doc")
+
     def testLineNo(self):
         # Test that all nodes except Module have a correct lineno attribute.
         filename = __file__

Misc/NEWS

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1441397: The compiler module now recognizes module and function
+  docstrings correctly as it did in Python 2.4.
+
 - Bug #1529297:  The rewrite of doctest for Python 2.4 unintentionally
   lost that tests are sorted by name before being run.  This rarely
   matters for well-written tests, but can create baffling symptoms if