On 08/04/2016 11:58 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
I occasionally wonder if we should document the "/" notation in
https://docs.python.org/3/library/inspect.html#introspecting-callables-with-the-signature-object
as it can sometimes show up in the text representation of signature
objects:
>>> print(inspect.signature(format))
(value, format_spec='', /)
I think we probably should. After all, this same string is used for pydoc:
>>> import os
>>> help(os.execv)
Help on built-in function execv in module posix:
execv(path, argv, /)
Execute an executable path with arguments, replacing current
process.
path
Path of executable file.
argv
Tuple or list of strings.
so it's easily user-visible.
I've always found it a little strange that the signatures for functions
using Py_ArgParseTuple() had this / in them that wasn't Python syntax.
On the other hand, it accurately reflects the fact that these functions
have signatures that you can't write in Python.
(And, FWIW, I wasn't the person who added the code that made "/" start
showing up in the text representations of signatures. I was waffling on
it, then someone else JFDI, to quote Barry.)
//arry/
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