remove signature from the docstring

Author: DonJayamanne

src/client/providers/hoverProvider.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class PythonHoverProvider implements vscode.HoverProvider {
  let capturedInfo: string[] = [];
  data.items.forEach(item => {
  let { description, signature } = item;
+ const rawSignature = signature;
  switch (item.kind) {
  case vscode.SymbolKind.Constructor:
  case vscode.SymbolKind.Function:
@@ -34,8 +35,13 @@ export class PythonHoverProvider implements vscode.HoverProvider {
  }
  if (item.docstring) {
  let lines = item.docstring.split(EOL);
- if (lines.length > 0 && lines[0] === item.signature) {
+ // If the docstring starts with the signature, then remove those lines from the docstring
+ if (lines.length > 0 && item.signature.indexOf(lines[0]) === 0) {
  lines.shift();
+ let endIndex = lines.findIndex(line => item.signature.endsWith(line));
+ if (endIndex >= 0) {
+ lines = lines.filter((line, index) => index > endIndex);
+ }
  }
  if (lines.length > 0 && item.signature.startsWith(currentWord) && lines[0].startsWith(currentWord) && lines[0].endsWith(')')) {
  lines.shift();