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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/string.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst4
-rw-r--r--Lib/string.py29
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_pep292.py7
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_string.py15
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
6 files changed, 60 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index f9da5fa..eab9f37 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ implementation as the built-in :meth:`format` method.
an arbitrary set of positional and keyword arguments.
:meth:`format` is just a wrapper that calls :meth:`vformat`.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.5
+ Passing a format string as keyword argument *format_string* has been
+ deprecated.
+
.. method:: vformat(format_string, args, kwargs)
This function does the actual work of formatting. It is exposed as a
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 44915a3..aa5af04 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -526,6 +526,10 @@ Deprecated Python modules, functions and methods
:func:`~http.cookies.Morsel.set` method in order to avoid the deprecation
warning.
+* Passing a format string as keyword argument *format_string* to the
+ :meth:`~string.Formatter.format` method of the :class:`string.Formatter`
+ class has been deprecated.
+
Deprecated functions and types of the C API
-------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 72a09f7..f3365c6 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ class Template(metaclass=_TemplateMetaclass):
raise ValueError('Invalid placeholder in string: line %d, col %d' %
(lineno, colno))
- def substitute(self, *args, **kws):
+ def substitute(*args, **kws):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'substitute' of 'Template' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, *args = args # allow the "self" keyword be passed
if len(args) > 1:
raise TypeError('Too many positional arguments')
if not args:
@@ -120,7 +124,11 @@ class Template(metaclass=_TemplateMetaclass):
self.pattern)
return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
- def safe_substitute(self, *args, **kws):
+ def safe_substitute(*args, **kws):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'safe_substitute' of 'Template' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, *args = args # allow the "self" keyword be passed
if len(args) > 1:
raise TypeError('Too many positional arguments')
if not args:
@@ -160,7 +168,22 @@ class Template(metaclass=_TemplateMetaclass):
# The field name parser is implemented in _string.formatter_field_name_split
class Formatter:
- def format(self, format_string, *args, **kwargs):
+ def format(*args, **kwargs):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'format' of 'Formatter' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, *args = args # allow the "self" keyword be passed
+ try:
+ format_string, *args = args # allow the "format_string" keyword be passed
+ except ValueError:
+ if 'format_string' in kwargs:
+ format_string = kwargs.pop('format_string')
+ import warnings
+ warnings.warn("Passing 'format_string' as keyword argument is "
+ "deprecated", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+ else:
+ raise TypeError("format() missing 1 required positional "
+ "argument: 'format_string'") from None
return self.vformat(format_string, args, kwargs)
def vformat(self, format_string, args, kwargs):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep292.py b/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
index 6da8d2e..fd5256c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(s.substitute(dict(who='tim', what='ham')),
'tim likes to eat a bag of ham worth $100')
self.assertRaises(KeyError, s.substitute, dict(who='tim'))
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, Template.substitute)
def test_regular_templates_with_braces(self):
s = Template('$who likes ${what} for ${meal}')
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
eq(s.substitute(dict(mapping='one'), mapping='two'),
'the mapping is two')
+ s = Template('the self is $self')
+ eq(s.substitute(self='bozo'), 'the self is bozo')
+
def test_keyword_arguments_safe(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
raises = self.assertRaises
@@ -216,6 +220,9 @@ class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
raises(TypeError, s.substitute, d, {})
raises(TypeError, s.safe_substitute, d, {})
+ s = Template('the self is $self')
+ eq(s.safe_substitute(self='bozo'), 'the self is bozo')
+
def test_delimiter_override(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
raises = self.assertRaises
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_string.py b/Lib/test/test_string.py
index 3e65071..f8731b8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_string.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_string.py
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ class ModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo"), "foo")
self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo{0}", "bar"), "foobar")
self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo{1}{0}-{1}", "bar", 6), "foo6bar-6")
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, fmt.format)
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, string.Formatter.format)
+
+ def test_format_keyword_arguments(self):
+ fmt = string.Formatter()
+ self.assertEqual(fmt.format("-{arg}-", arg='test'), '-test-')
+ self.assertRaises(KeyError, fmt.format, "-{arg}-")
+ self.assertEqual(fmt.format("-{self}-", self='test'), '-test-')
+ self.assertRaises(KeyError, fmt.format, "-{self}-")
+ self.assertEqual(fmt.format("-{format_string}-", format_string='test'),
+ '-test-')
+ self.assertRaises(KeyError, fmt.format, "-{format_string}-")
+ with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "format_string"):
+ self.assertEqual(fmt.format(arg='test', format_string="-{arg}-"),
+ '-test-')
def test_auto_numbering(self):
fmt = string.Formatter()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 946335d..3b79745 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #23671: string.Template now allows to specify the "self" parameter as
+ keyword argument. string.Formatter now allows to specify the "self" and
+ the "format_string" parameters as keyword arguments.
+
- Issue #23502: The pprint module now supports mapping proxies.
- Issue #17530: pprint now wraps long bytes objects and bytearrays.