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authorRobert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>2015-08-11 20:00:06 (GMT)
committerRobert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>2015-08-11 20:00:06 (GMT)
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Issue #9232: Support trailing commas in function declarations.
For example, "def f(*, a = 3,): pass" is now legal. Patch from Mark Dickinson.
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@@ -471,10 +471,10 @@ A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see section
decorators: `decorator`+
decorator: "@" `dotted_name` ["(" [`parameter_list` [","]] ")"] NEWLINE
dotted_name: `identifier` ("." `identifier`)*
- parameter_list: (`defparameter` ",")*
- : | "*" [`parameter`] ("," `defparameter`)* ["," "**" `parameter`]
- : | "**" `parameter`
- : | `defparameter` [","] )
+ parameter_list: `defparameter` ("," `defparameter`)* ["," [`parameter_list_starargs`]]
+ : | `parameter_list_starargs`
+ parameter_list_starargs: "*" [`parameter`] ("," `defparameter`)* ["," ["**" `parameter` [","]]]
+ : | "**" `parameter` [","]
parameter: `identifier` [":" `expression`]
defparameter: `parameter` ["=" `expression`]
funcname: `identifier`