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[Python-3000] PEP 3107 - Function Annotations

Neal Norwitz nnorwitz at gmail.com
Thu Dec 28 02:49:11 CET 2006 
Some of these have already been fixed in a version sent to me.  I need
to check that version in.  I haven't reviewed it, but I believe it
addresses the __signature__ issue.  I should have time to get this in
tonight.

n
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On 12/27/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> I just noticed that PEP 3107 has quietly been checked in. Thanks
> Collin and Tony!
>
> After skimming it, I have one observation: the grammar in the PEP
> doesn't match that implemented by Tony's patch. The difference is only
> apparent for tuple-unpacking parameters (e.g. b and c in "def foo(a,
> (b, c), d): pass"). The PEP supports this syntax:
>
>   def foo((a, b): "something"):
>     ...
>
> while the patch supports this instead:
>
>   def foo((a: "something", b: "something_else")):
>     ...
>
> (I have to say that I like the patch version better. :-)
>
> I also note that the PEP uses foo.__signature__.annotations to access
> the annotations dict, while the patch uses foo.func_annotations. This
> is reasonable since we don't have the __signature__ API yet (it's PEP
> 362, but I don't know its status).
>
> Finally, the PEP uses Number, Mapping and Sequence as example
> annotations. I'd rather not use those since they could incorrectly
> convey the notion that annotations imply type checking semantics,
> which thety don't (at least not without some kind of decorator).
>
> --
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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