slightly modified version of Greg Ewing's extended call syntax patch

executive summary:
Instead of typing 'apply(f, args, kwargs)' you can type 'f(*arg, **kwargs)'.
Some file-by-file details follow.

Grammar/Grammar:
    simplify varargslist, replacing '*' '*' with '**'
    add * & ** options to arglist

Include/opcode.h & Lib/dis.py:
    define three new opcodes
        CALL_FUNCTION_VAR
        CALL_FUNCTION_KW
        CALL_FUNCTION_VAR_KW

Python/ceval.c:
    extend TypeError "keyword parameter redefined" message to include
        the name of the offending keyword
    reindent CALL_FUNCTION using four spaces
    add handling of sequences and dictionaries using extend calls
    fix function import_from to use PyErr_Format

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/dis.py b/Lib/dis.py
index 4c67642..899393d 100644
--- a/Lib/dis.py
+++ b/Lib/dis.py
@@ -247,10 +247,14 @@ haslocal.append(126)
 def_op('SET_LINENO', 127)	# Current line number
 SET_LINENO = 127
 
-def_op('RAISE_VARARGS', 130)
-def_op('CALL_FUNCTION', 131)
-def_op('MAKE_FUNCTION', 132)
-def_op('BUILD_SLICE', 133)
+def_op('RAISE_VARARGS', 130)    # Number of raise arguments (1, 2, or 3)
+def_op('CALL_FUNCTION', 131)    # #args + (#kwargs << 8)
+def_op('MAKE_FUNCTION', 132)    # Number of args with default values
+def_op('BUILD_SLICE', 133)      # Number of items
+
+def_op('CALL_FUNCTION_VAR', 140)     # #args + (#kwargs << 8)
+def_op('CALL_FUNCTION_KW', 141)      # #args + (#kwargs << 8)
+def_op('CALL_FUNCTION_VAR_KW', 142)  # #args + (#kwargs << 8)
 
 
 def _test():