Use google style doc strings.

pycharm supports them so there is no need to use the other format.

Might as well convert the existing strings to reduce the risk of
people accidentally cargo culting the wrong doc string format.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/_base.py b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
index 90eabb6eb7..5601ecea6e 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
     """
     Common base class for the event handlers.
 
-    :type store: synapse.storage.events.StateStore
-    :type state_handler: synapse.state.StateHandler
+    Attributes:
+        store (synapse.storage.events.StateStore):
+        state_handler (synapse.state.StateHandler):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
@@ -65,11 +66,12 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
         """ Returns dict of user_id -> list of events that user is allowed to
         see.
 
-        :param (str, bool) user_tuples: (user id, is_peeking) for each
-            user to be checked. is_peeking should be true if:
-              * the user is not currently a member of the room, and:
-              * the user has not been a member of the room since the given
-                events
+        Args:
+            user_tuples (str, bool): (user id, is_peeking) for each user to be
+                checked. is_peeking should be true if:
+                * the user is not currently a member of the room, and:
+                * the user has not been a member of the room since the
+                given events
         """
         forgotten = yield defer.gatherResults([
             self.store.who_forgot_in_room(
@@ -165,13 +167,16 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
         """
         Check which events a user is allowed to see
 
-        :param str user_id: user id to be checked
-        :param [synapse.events.EventBase] events: list of events to be checked
-        :param bool is_peeking should be True if:
+        Args:
+            user_id(str): user id to be checked
+            events([synapse.events.EventBase]): list of events to be checked
+            is_peeking(bool): should be True if:
               * the user is not currently a member of the room, and:
               * the user has not been a member of the room since the given
                 events
-        :rtype [synapse.events.EventBase]
+
+        Returns:
+            [synapse.events.EventBase]
         """
         types = (
             (EventTypes.RoomHistoryVisibility, ""),