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-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_functools.py18
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 8c85b14..56cb00c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -2441,6 +2441,12 @@ Changes in the Python API
module and the :func:`help` function.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`15582`.)
+* Nested :func:`functools.partial` calls are now flattened. If you were
+ relying on the previous behavior, you can now either add an attribute to a
+ :func:`functools.partial` object or you can create a subclass of
+ :func:`functools.partial`.
+ (Contributed by Alexander Belopolsky in :issue:`7830`.)
+
Changes in the C API
--------------------
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index ae929ec..7ecf877 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -139,14 +139,23 @@ class TestPartial:
def test_nested_optimization(self):
partial = self.partial
- # Only "true" partial is optimized
- if partial.__name__ != 'partial':
- return
inner = partial(signature, 'asdf')
nested = partial(inner, bar=True)
flat = partial(signature, 'asdf', bar=True)
self.assertEqual(signature(nested), signature(flat))
+ def test_nested_partial_with_attribute(self):
+ # see issue 25137
+ partial = self.partial
+
+ def foo(bar):
+ return bar
+
+ p = partial(foo, 'first')
+ p2 = partial(p, 'second')
+ p2.new_attr = 'spam'
+ self.assertEqual(p2.new_attr, 'spam')
+
@unittest.skipUnless(c_functools, 'requires the C _functools module')
class TestPartialC(TestPartial, unittest.TestCase):
@@ -238,6 +247,9 @@ class TestPartialCSubclass(TestPartialC):
if c_functools:
partial = PartialSubclass
+ # partial subclasses are not optimized for nested calls
+ test_nested_optimization = None
+
class TestPartialMethod(unittest.TestCase):