[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Changes by Serhiy Storchaka : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 69c0aa8a8185 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default': Issue #26282: PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords() and Argument Clinic now support https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/69c0aa8a8185 -- nosy: +python-dev ___

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: On new patch applied Martin's suggestions, added entities in What's New and NEWS, added a reference to the glossary, and improved error message. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file42779/pyarg_parse_positional_only_and_keywords_3.patch

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Martin Panter added the comment: I made some suggestions in the documentation. I only skimmed over the C and arg clinic code, but there is nothing obviously wrong. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: If there are no objections I'm inclined to commit pyarg_parse_positional_only_and_keywords_2.patch in short time. -- assignee: -> serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: For example here is a patch that partially reverts issue26243 by making "data" positional parameter, but keeping "level" positional-or-keyword parameter. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file42682/zlib_compress_positional_only_data.patch

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Removed development code from tests (thanks Martin for catching this) and adds support in Argument Clinic. Now the patch is complete and ready for final review. -- components: +Argument Clinic, Interpreter Core stage: -> patch review Added file:

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Changes by Anish Shah : -- nosy: -anish.shah ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Proposed patch adds support for positional-only parameters in PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(). It is simple, the most complex part is generating detailed error message for the case of calling with insufficient number of positional arguments. --

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: +1 for this suggestion. There are a number of places where we've been trapped between having no keyword arguments or having to use keywords for all arguments even when it doesn't make sense to have all arguments be keywords. -- nosy: +rhettinger

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: Currently extension functions either accept only positional-only arguments (PyArg_ParseTuple), or keyword arguments (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords). While adding support passing by keywords looks good for some arguments, for other arguments it doesn't make

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

Martin Panter added the comment: For the examples you gave, they already seem to support keywords for the first parameter: int(x=0), str(object=""), bytes(source=b""). Maybe it is a bit unfortunate that they are inconsistent, but these names seem reasonable when considered separately. But I

[issue26282] Add support for partial keyword arguments in extension functions

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