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config.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import configparser
 
-# load(filename)
-# Populate the config variables
 def load(filename):
+	"""Populate the config variables"""
 	global port, ssl, url_prefix
 	global site_name
 

generate_html.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import bs4
 
 import config
 
-# generate_nav(*, soup) → nav_tag
 def generate_nav(*, soup):
+	"""Returns nav_tag"""
 	# TODO: Don't generate link to a board if we're at the index
 	nav_tag = soup.new_tag('nav')
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ def generate_nav(*, soup):
 
 	return nav_tag
 
-# generate_header(*, page_title, soup) → header_tag
 def generate_header(*, page_title, soup):
+	"""Returns header_tag"""
 	header_tag = soup.new_tag('header')
 
 	h1_tag = soup.new_tag('h1')
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ def generate_header(*, page_title, soup):
 
 	return header_tag
 
-# generate_footer(*, soup) → footer_tag
 def generate_footer(*, soup):
+	"""Returns footer_tag"""
 	# TODO: Add footer generation
 	return soup.new_tag('footer')
 
-# page_skeleton(*, page_title, contents, soup) → html
-# Given page title (string) and contents (iteratable of beautifulsoup tags), create the html
-# Since most pages have same basic structure, it makes sense to factor this out from page creation functions
 def page_skeleton(*, page_title, contents, soup):
+	"""Returns html
+	Given page title (string) and contents (iteratable of beautifulsoup tags), create the html
+	Since most pages have same basic structure, it makes sense to factor this out from page creation functions"""
 	# Doctype and head are more or less the same for each page, no need to do anything fancy when adding them
 	soup.append(bs4.Doctype('html'))
 
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ def page_skeleton(*, page_title, contents, soup):
 	# We are probably never going to serve enough pages for the additional whitespace to count for data usage
 	return soup.prettify()
 
-# new_soup() → soup
-# Since we need a soup object to create tags, split this from page_skeleton
 def new_soup():
+	"""Returns soup
+	Since we need a soup object to create tags, split this from page_skeleton"""
 	# Use python's built-in parser for portability
 	# We'll be constructing the document programmatically, so start with empty tree
 	soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup('', 'html.parser')
 
 	return soup
 
-# board() → html
-# Creates the board index page
 def board(board_name):
+	"""Returns html
+	Creates the board index page"""
 	# TODO: Creae a board index page
 	soup = new_soup()
 
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ def board(board_name):
 
 	return page_skeleton(page_title = page_title, contents = [], soup = soup)
 
-# index() → html
-# Create the site index
 def index():
+	"""Returns html
+	Create the site index"""
 	# TODO: Create an index page
 	soup = new_soup()
 	return page_skeleton(page_title = config.site_name, contents = [], soup = soup)
 
-# error_404(path) → html
 def error_404(path):
+	"""Returns html"""
 	soup = new_soup()
 
 	p_tag = soup.new_tag('p')