code: def getcoldesc(self, columnname, actual=True):
          
          return self._getcoldesc(columnname, actual, True)
docs: Get the description of a column.
  
          By default it returns the actual description (thus telling the
          actual array shapes and data managers used).
          `actual=False` means that the original description as made by
          :func:`makescacoldesc` or :func:`makearrcoldesc` is returned.