Attach docstrings to newly created highlevel arrays (#330)

scikit-hep · Jul 12, 2020 · 5f1a068 · 5f1a068
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diff --git a/src/awkward1/highlevel.py b/src/awkward1/highlevel.py
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ def __init__(self, data, behavior=None, with_name=None, check_valid=False):
 
         self.layout = layout
         self.behavior = behavior
+        docstr = self.layout.purelist_parameter("__doc__")
+        if isinstance(docstr, str):
+            self.__doc__ = docstr
         if check_valid:
             awkward1.operations.describe.validity_error(self, exception=True)