Update PEP 362.

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@ -25,10 +25,16 @@ function's signature.
This PEP proposes an object representation for function signatures.
This should help facilitate introspection on functions for various
usese (e.g., decorators). The introspection information contains all
uses (e.g., decorators). The introspection information contains all
possible information about the parameters in a signature (including
Python 3.0 features).
This object, though, is not meant to replace existing ways of
introspection on a function's signature. The current solutions are
there to make Python's execution work in an efficient manner. The
proposed object representation is only meant to help make application
code have an easier time to query a function on its signature.
Signature Object
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@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ A Signature object has the following structure attributes:
called with the given arguments.
The Signature object is stored in the ``__signature__`` attribute of
the function. When it is to be created is discussed in
a function. When it is to be created is discussed in
`Open Issues`_.
@ -123,9 +129,10 @@ Implementation
An implementation can be found in Python's sandbox [#impl]_.
There is a function named ``signature()`` which
returns the value stored on the ``__signature__`` attribute if it
exists, else it creates it bound to the Signature object for the
function. For methods this is stored directly on the im_func function
object since that is what decorators will work with.
exists, else it creates the Signature object for the
function and sets ``__signature__``. For methods this is stored
directly on the im_func function object since that is what decorators
work with.
Open Issues
@ -169,6 +176,36 @@ object along with the sequence constructor (e.g., ``list`` or
``tuple``).
Remove ``has_*`` attributes?
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If an EAFP approach to the API is taken, both ``has_annotation`` and
``has_default`` are unneeded as the respective ``annotation`` and
``default_value`` attributes are simply not set. It's simply a
question of whether to have a EAFP or LBYL interface.
Have ``var_args`` and ``_var_kw_args`` default to ``None``?
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It has been suggested by Fred Drake that these two attributes have a
value of ``None`` instead of empty strings when they do not exist.
Deprecate ``inspect.getargspec()`` and ``.formatargspec()``?
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Since the Signature object replicates the use of ``getargspec()``
from the ``inspect`` module it might make sense to deprecate it in
2.6. ``formatargspec()`` could also go if Signature objects gained a
__str__ representation.
Issue with that is types such as ``int``, when used as annotations,
do not lend themselves for output (e.g., ``"type 'int'>"`` is the
string represenation for ``int``). The repr representation of types
would need to change in order to make this reasonable.
References
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