MAINT,DOC: add to compat.py3k a function to load modules. Fix some doc for f2py.compile (issue #7683)

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/f2py/__init__.py b/numpy/f2py/__init__.py
index 50566ccc2..b9b86ba0e 100644
--- a/numpy/f2py/__init__.py
+++ b/numpy/f2py/__init__.py
@@ -22,25 +22,32 @@ def compile(source,
             verbose=True,
             source_fn=None,
             extension='.f'
-            ):
-    ''' Build extension module from processing source with f2py.
+           ):
+    """
+    Build extension module from processing source with f2py.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     source : str
         Fortran source of module / subroutine to compile
     modulename : str, optional
-        the name of compiled python module
-    extra_args: str, optional
-        additional parameters passed to f2py
-    verbose: bool, optional
-        print f2py output to screen
-    extension: {'.f', '.f90'}, optional
-        filename extension influences the fortran compiler behavior
+        The name of the compiled python module
+    extra_args : str, optional
+        Additional parameters passed to f2py
+    verbose : bool, optional
+        Print f2py output to screen
+    source_fn : str, optional
+        Name of the file where the fortran source is written.
+        The default is to use a temporary file with the extension
+        provided by the `extension` parameter
+    extension : {'.f', '.f90'}, optional
+        Filename extension if `source_fn` is not provided.
+        The extension tells which fortran standard is used.
+        The default is `.f`, which implies F77 standard.
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.11.0
 
-    '''
+    """
     from numpy.distutils.exec_command import exec_command
     import tempfile
     if source_fn is None: