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gh-111999: Add signatures and improve docstrings for builtins
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Update tests.
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
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Expand Up@@ -4734,12 +4734,13 @@ def test_builtins_have_signatures(self):
needs_null = {"anext"}
no_signature |= needs_null
# These need *args support in Argument Clinic
needs_varargs = {"breakpoint", "min", "max", "__build_class__"}
needs_varargs = {"min", "max", "__build_class__"}
no_signature |= needs_varargs
# These builtin types are expected to provide introspection info
types_with_signatures = {
'complex', 'enumerate', 'float', 'list', 'memoryview', 'object',
'property', 'reversed', 'tuple',
'bool', 'classmethod', 'complex', 'enumerate', 'filter', 'float',
'frozenset', 'list', 'map', 'memoryview', 'object', 'property',
'reversed', 'set', 'staticmethod', 'tuple', 'zip'
}
# Check the signatures we expect to be there
ns = vars(builtins)
Expand All@@ -4753,6 +4754,10 @@ def test_builtins_have_signatures(self):
if (name in no_signature):
# Not yet converted
continue
if name in {'classmethod', 'staticmethod'}:
# Bug gh-112006: inspect.unwrap() does not work with types
# with the __wrapped__ data descriptor.
continue
with self.subTest(builtin=name):
self.assertIsNotNone(inspect.signature(obj))
# Check callables that haven't been converted don't claim a signature
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Objects/boolobject.c
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Expand Up@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ bool_xor(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)
/* Doc string */

PyDoc_STRVAR(bool_doc,
"bool(x) -> bool\n\
"bool(object=False, /)\n\

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Sphinx docs shows this as bool(x=False) (give impression that this is a positional-or-keyword argument). Probably, this should be adjusted too?

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Maybe in other issue. The documentation not always uses syntax for positional-only parameters. It is relatively new.

--\n\
\n\
Returns True when the argument x is true, False otherwise.\n\
Returns True when the argument is true, False otherwise.\n\
The builtins True and False are the only two instances of the class bool.\n\
The class bool is a subclass of the class int, and cannot be subclassed.");

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Objects/descrobject.c
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Expand Up@@ -1541,6 +1541,9 @@ property_deleter(PyObject *self, PyObject *deleter)


PyDoc_STRVAR(set_name_doc,
"__set_name__($self, owner, name, /)\n"
"--\n"
"\n"
"Method to set name of a property.");

static PyObject *
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions Objects/funcobject.c
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Expand Up@@ -1164,7 +1164,8 @@ cm_repr(classmethod *cm)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(classmethod_doc,
"classmethod(function) -> method\n\
"classmethod(function, /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Convert a function to be a class method.\n\
\n\
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}

PyDoc_STRVAR(staticmethod_doc,
"staticmethod(function) -> method\n\
"staticmethod(function, /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Convert a function to be a static method.\n\
\n\
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48 changes: 32 additions & 16 deletions Objects/setobject.c
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Expand Up@@ -942,7 +942,10 @@ set_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(update_doc,
"Update a set with the union of itself and others.");
"update($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Update the set, adding elements from all others.");

/* XXX Todo:
If aligned memory allocations become available, make the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1141,9 +1144,10 @@ set_union(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(union_doc,
"Return the union of sets as a new set.\n\
"union($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
(i.e. all elements that are in either set.)");
Return a new set with elements from the set and all others.");

static PyObject *
set_or(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1281,9 +1285,10 @@ set_intersection_multi(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(intersection_doc,
"Return the intersection of two sets as a new set.\n\
"intersection($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
(i.e. all elements that are in both sets.)");
Return a new set with elements common to the set and all others.");

static PyObject *
set_intersection_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1312,7 +1317,10 @@ set_intersection_update_multi(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(intersection_update_doc,
"Update a set with the intersection of itself and another.");
"intersection_update($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Update the set, keeping only elements found in it and all others.");

static PyObject *
set_and(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1470,7 +1478,10 @@ set_difference_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(difference_update_doc,
"Remove all elements of another set from this set.");
"difference_update($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Update the set, removing elements found in others.");

static PyObject *
set_copy_and_difference(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1587,9 +1598,10 @@ set_difference_multi(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(difference_doc,
"Return the difference of two or more sets as a new set.\n\
"difference($self, /, *others)\n\
--\n\
\n\
(i.e. all elements that are in this set but not the others.)");
Return a new set with elements in the set that are not in the others.");
static PyObject *
set_sub(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
{
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -1673,7 +1685,10 @@ set_symmetric_difference_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(symmetric_difference_update_doc,
"Update a set with the symmetric difference of itself and another.");
"symmetric_difference_update($self, other, /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Update the set, keeping only elements found in either set, but not in both.");

static PyObject *
set_symmetric_difference(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
Expand All@@ -1694,9 +1709,10 @@ set_symmetric_difference(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
}

PyDoc_STRVAR(symmetric_difference_doc,
"Return the symmetric difference of two sets as a new set.\n\
"symmetric_difference($self, other, /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
(i.e. all elements that are in exactly one of the sets.)");
Return a new set with elements in either the set or other but not both.");

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BTW, for other set methods it seems there are signatures. But...

An example:

>>> help(set.add)
Help on method_descriptor:
add(self, object, /)
Add an element to a set.
This has no effect if the element is already present.

c.f. the sphinx docs:

add(elem)
Add element elem to the set.

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Signatures for methods without arguments and with a single positional argument are now autogenerated.

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Anyway, this looks like a bug.

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What exactly?

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I was hoping is obvious. Instead of mystic name object, I would expect something like this

>>> inspect.signature(set.add)
<Signature (self, element, /)>
>>> help(set.add)
Help on method_descriptor:
add(self, element, /)
Add an element to a set.
This has no effect if the element is already present.

I realize, parameter name here is not a part of API, but I think it should be meaningful, if possible.

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It could be improved, but it is not a bug. You can add explicit signatures for these methods, but for me it has low priority. I worked on support of multi-signatures, and this PR is a side product, the improvements that do not need multi-signatures (with multi-signatures and autogenerated signatures almost 100% of builtin functions and classes will have signatures).

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I think 'object', an instance of the base object class, is as correct as 'element', which is a set-theory specific synonym. We might say that 'a list has items', but item is a synonym for object. Here also, I appreciate the technically correct list.append(self, object, /). I think the consistency of the auto-generated signatures is good.

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One could argue that it should be set.add(self, hashable), as not any object can be added, whereas any object can be appended. The math term 'element' does not imply the restriction any more than 'object'.


static PyObject *
set_xor(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
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};

PyDoc_STRVAR(set_doc,
"set() -> new empty set object\n\
set(iterable) -> new set object\n\
"set(iterable=(), /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Build an unordered collection of unique elements.");

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};

PyDoc_STRVAR(frozenset_doc,
"frozenset() -> empty frozenset object\n\
frozenset(iterable) -> frozenset object\n\
"frozenset(iterable=(), /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Build an immutable unordered collection of unique elements.");

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TYPE___SUBCLASSES___METHODDEF
{"__prepare__", _PyCFunction_CAST(type_prepare),
METH_FASTCALL | METH_KEYWORDS | METH_CLASS,
PyDoc_STR("__prepare__() -> dict\n"
"used to create the namespace for the class statement")},
PyDoc_STR("__prepare__($cls, name, bases, /, **kwds)\n"
"--\n"
"\n"
"Create the namespace for the class statement")},
TYPE___INSTANCECHECK___METHODDEF
TYPE___SUBCLASSCHECK___METHODDEF
TYPE___DIR___METHODDEF
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#include "stringlib/unicode_format.h"

PyDoc_STRVAR(format__doc__,
"S.format(*args, **kwargs) -> str\n\
"format($self, /, *args, **kwargs)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Return a formatted version of S, using substitutions from args and kwargs.\n\
Return a formatted version of the string, using substitutions from args and kwargs.\n\
The substitutions are identified by braces ('{' and '}').");

PyDoc_STRVAR(format_map__doc__,
"S.format_map(mapping) -> str\n\
"format_map($self, /, mapping)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Return a formatted version of S, using substitutions from mapping.\n\
Return a formatted version of the string, using substitutions from mapping.\n\
The substitutions are identified by braces ('{' and '}').");

/*[clinic input]
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that will be decoded using the given encoding and error handler.\n\
Otherwise, returns the result of object.__str__() (if defined)\n\
or repr(object).\n\
encoding defaults to sys.getdefaultencoding().\n\
encoding defaults to 'utf-8'.\n\
errors defaults to 'strict'.");

static PyObject *unicode_iter(PyObject *seq);
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PyDoc_STRVAR(breakpoint_doc,
"breakpoint(*args, **kws)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Call sys.breakpointhook(*args, **kws). sys.breakpointhook() must accept\n\
whatever arguments are passed.\n\
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};

PyDoc_STRVAR(filter_doc,
"filter(function or None, iterable) --> filter object\n\
"filter(function, iterable, /)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Return an iterator yielding those items of iterable for which function(item)\n\
is true. If function is None, return the items that are true.");
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PyDoc_STRVAR(map_doc,
"map(func, *iterables) --> map object\n\
"map(function, /, *iterables)\n\
--\n\
\n\
Make an iterator that computes the function using arguments from\n\
each of the iterables. Stops when the shortest iterable is exhausted.");
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With a single iterable argument, return its smallest item. The\n\
default keyword-only argument specifies an object to return if\n\
the provided iterable is empty.\n\
With two or more arguments, return the smallest argument.");
With two or more positional arguments, return the smallest argument.");


/* AC: cannot convert yet, waiting for *args support */
Expand All@@ -1905,7 +1908,7 @@ max(arg1, arg2, *args, *[, key=func]) -> value\n\
With a single iterable argument, return its biggest item. The\n\
default keyword-only argument specifies an object to return if\n\
the provided iterable is empty.\n\
With two or more arguments, return the largest argument.");
With two or more positional arguments, return the largest argument.");


/*[clinic input]
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};

PyDoc_STRVAR(zip_doc,
"zip(*iterables, strict=False) --> Yield tuples until an input is exhausted.\n\
\n\
>>> list(zip('abcdefg', range(3), range(4)))\n\
[('a', 0, 0), ('b', 1, 1), ('c', 2, 2)]\n\
"zip(*iterables, strict=False)\n\
--\n\
\n\
The zip object yields n-length tuples, where n is the number of iterables\n\
passed as positional arguments to zip(). The i-th element in every tuple\n\
comes from the i-th iterable argument to zip(). This continues until the\n\
shortest argument is exhausted.\n\
\n\
If strict is true and one of the arguments is exhausted before the others,\n\
raise a ValueError.");
raise a ValueError.\n\
\n\
>>> list(zip('abcdefg', range(3), range(4)))\n\
[('a', 0, 0), ('b', 1, 1), ('c', 2, 2)]");

PyTypeObject PyZip_Type = {
PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
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