Post-processing: Add docstrings and other formatting in accordance with pylint

[oakleybrunt]

Description

This change adds docstrings in the Sphinx style, reformats Python code, and adds pylint ignore statements where reasonable.

Linked issues

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Type of change

• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

How has this been tested?

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• New tests have been added
• Tests have been modified to accommodate this change

Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes, for both debug and optimised builds

[oakleybrunt]

@EdHone would you mind reviewing this? I can't request reviewers with the permissions I have.

[EdHone]

Looks all good to me!