How to make user defined function descriptions (“docstrings”) available to julia REPL?

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You can use the @doc macro in Julia versions 0.4 (Oct. 2015) and above.

% julia
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julia> @doc """
       Compute 2 times x minus y squared.
       """ ->
       function f(x::Float64, y::Float64)
           return 2x - y^2
       end
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> @doc f
  Compute 2 times x minus y squared.

Edit: As pointed out by @Harrison Grodin, versions 0.5 and above support an abbreviated syntax as well as Markdown, LaTEX, and a few other goodies:

"""
Calculate the left Riemann sum[^1] approximating ``\int_a^b f(x) dx = F(b) - F(a).``

[^1]: Thomas G., Finney R. (1996), Calculus and Analytic Geometry, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-53174-7
"""
function rs(a, b, d, f)
end

There are more details in the documentation.

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