> The following is a common idiom::

>     class FooGonk(object):
>         def frobnicate(self):
>             """ Frobnicate this gonk. """
>             basic_implementation(self.wobble)

>     class BarGonk(FooGonk):
>         def frobnicate(self):
>             special_implementation(self.warble)

> The docstring for ‘FooGonk.frobnicate’ is, intentionally, perfectly
> applicable to the ‘BarGonk.frobnicate’ method also. Yet in overriding
> the method, the original docstring is not associated with it.

> Ideally there would be a way to specify that the docstring should be
> inherited. The best I can come up with is::

>     class BarGonk(FooGonk):
>         def frobnicate(self):
>             special_implementation(self.warble)
>         frobnicate.__doc__ = FooGonk.frobnicate.__doc__

> but that violates DRY (the association between BarGonk and FooGonk is
> being repeated), puts the docstring assignment awkwardly after the end
> of the method instead of at the beginning where docstrings normally go,
> and reads poorly besides.

> What is the most Pythonic, DRY-adherent, and preferably least-ugly
> approach to override a method, but have the same docstring on both
> methods?