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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2011-01-09 08:04:37 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2011-01-09 08:04:37 (GMT)
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Hand-port parts of r87789.
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@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ Note:
Return a tuple of values that describe how Python will interpret the file
identified by *path* if it is a module, or ``None`` if it would not be
- identified as a module. The return tuple is ``(name, suffix, mode, mtype)``,
- where *name* is the name of the module without the name of any enclosing
- package, *suffix* is the trailing part of the file name (which may not be a
- dot-delimited extension), *mode* is the :func:`open` mode that would be used
- (``'r'`` or ``'rb'``), and *mtype* is an integer giving the type of the
- module. *mtype* will have a value which can be compared to the constants
- defined in the :mod:`imp` module; see the documentation for that module for
- more information on module types.
+ identified as a module. The return tuple is ``(name, suffix, mode,
+ module_type)``, where *name* is the name of the module without the name of
+ any enclosing package, *suffix* is the trailing part of the file name (which
+ may not be a dot-delimited extension), *mode* is the :func:`open` mode that
+ would be used (``'r'`` or ``'rb'``), and *module_type* is an integer giving
+ the type of the module. *module_type* will have a value which can be
+ compared to the constants defined in the :mod:`imp` module; see the
+ documentation for that module for more information on module types.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
Returns a :term:`named tuple` ``ModuleInfo(name, suffix, mode,
@@ -464,12 +464,13 @@ Classes and functions
.. function:: getargspec(func)
- Get the names and default values of a Python function's arguments. A tuple of four
- things is returned: ``(args, varargs, varkw, defaults)``. *args* is a list of
- the argument names (it may contain nested lists). *varargs* and *varkw* are the
- names of the ``*`` and ``**`` arguments or ``None``. *defaults* is a tuple of
- default argument values or None if there are no default arguments; if this tuple
- has *n* elements, they correspond to the last *n* elements listed in *args*.
+ Get the names and default values of a Python function's arguments. A tuple of
+ four things is returned: ``(args, varargs, keywords, defaults)``. *args* is a
+ list of the argument names (it may contain nested lists). *varargs* and
+ *keywords* are the names of the ``*`` and ``**`` arguments or
+ ``None``. *defaults* is a tuple of default argument values or None if there
+ are no default arguments; if this tuple has *n* elements, they correspond to
+ the last *n* elements listed in *args*.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
Returns a :term:`named tuple` ``ArgSpec(args, varargs, keywords,
@@ -478,11 +479,11 @@ Classes and functions
.. function:: getargvalues(frame)
- Get information about arguments passed into a particular frame. A tuple of four
- things is returned: ``(args, varargs, varkw, locals)``. *args* is a list of the
- argument names (it may contain nested lists). *varargs* and *varkw* are the
- names of the ``*`` and ``**`` arguments or ``None``. *locals* is the locals
- dictionary of the given frame.
+ Get information about arguments passed into a particular frame. A tuple of
+ four things is returned: ``(args, varargs, keywords, locals)``. *args* is a
+ list of the argument names (it may contain nested lists). *varargs* and
+ *keywords* are the names of the ``*`` and ``**`` arguments or ``None``.
+ *locals* is the locals dictionary of the given frame.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
Returns a :term:`named tuple` ``ArgInfo(args, varargs, keywords,