Issue #22958: Constructor and update method of weakref.WeakValueDictionary

now accept the self and the dict keyword arguments.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/weakref.py b/Lib/weakref.py
index 12bf975..5d09497 100644
--- a/Lib/weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/weakref.py
@@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ class WeakValueDictionary(collections.MutableMapping):
     # objects are unwrapped on the way out, and we always wrap on the
     # way in).
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+    def __init__(*args, **kw):
+        if not args:
+            raise TypeError("descriptor '__init__' of 'WeakValueDictionary' "
+                            "object needs an argument")
+        self, *args = args
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
         def remove(wr, selfref=ref(self)):
             self = selfref()
             if self is not None:
@@ -252,7 +258,14 @@ class WeakValueDictionary(collections.MutableMapping):
         else:
             return wr()
 
-    def update(self, dict=None, **kwargs):
+    def update(*args, **kwargs):
+        if not args:
+            raise TypeError("descriptor 'update' of 'WeakValueDictionary' "
+                            "object needs an argument")
+        self, *args = args
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
+        dict = args[0] if args else None
         if self._pending_removals:
             self._commit_removals()
         d = self.data