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authorArthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>2012-02-26 12:10:38 +0100
committerArthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>2012-02-26 12:10:38 +0100
commit902a6569bf90aa37a185a2e099b913b39b6db3f7 (patch)
treec9894909466a10c906d851902319d152ce6048db /stdnum/pt
parent907e41082fe4d05556d402dc30376fce9f32d344 (diff)
ensure that the module docstrings are in a somewhat more usable format
git-svn-id: http://arthurdejong.org/svn/python-stdnum/python-stdnum@165 9dea7c4f-944c-4273-ac1a-574ede026edc
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-rw-r--r--stdnum/pt/nif.py7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/stdnum/pt/nif.py b/stdnum/pt/nif.py
index 71aed1b..f7b8b76 100644
--- a/stdnum/pt/nif.py
+++ b/stdnum/pt/nif.py
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
# 02110-1301 USA
-"""Module for handling Portuguese NIF (Número de identificação fiscal,
-NIPC, Número de Identificação de Pessoa Colectiva, VAT) numbers.
+"""NIF (Número de identificação fiscal, Portuguese VAT number).
+
+The NIF (Número de identificação fiscal, NIPC, Número de Identificação de
+Pessoa Colectiva) is used for VAT purposes. It is a 9-digit number with a
+simple checksum.
>>> compact('PT 501 964 843')
'501964843'