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@@ -1104,18 +1104,20 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
.. opcode:: RAISE_VARARGS (argc)
- Raises an exception. *argc* indicates the number of parameters to the raise
+ Raises an exception. *argc* indicates the number of arguments to the raise
statement, ranging from 0 to 3. The handler will find the traceback as TOS2,
the parameter as TOS1, and the exception as TOS.
.. opcode:: CALL_FUNCTION (argc)
- Calls a function. *argc* indicates the number of positional arguments.
- The positional arguments are on the stack, with the right-most argument
- on top. Below the arguments, the function object to call is on the stack.
- Pops all function arguments, and the function itself off the stack, and
- pushes the return value.
+ Calls a callable object with positional arguments.
+ *argc* indicates the number of positional arguments.
+ The top of the stack contains positional arguments, with the right-most
+ argument on top. Below the arguments is a callable object to call.
+ ``CALL_FUNCTION`` pops all arguments and the callable object off the stack,
+ calls the callable object with those arguments, and pushes the return value
+ returned by the callable object.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
This opcode is used only for calls with positional arguments.
@@ -1123,31 +1125,36 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
.. opcode:: CALL_FUNCTION_KW (argc)
- Calls a function. *argc* indicates the number of arguments (positional
- and keyword). The top element on the stack contains a tuple of keyword
- argument names. Below the tuple, keyword arguments are on the stack, in
- the order corresponding to the tuple. Below the keyword arguments, the
- positional arguments are on the stack, with the right-most parameter on
- top. Below the arguments, the function object to call is on the stack.
- Pops all function arguments, and the function itself off the stack, and
- pushes the return value.
+ Calls a callable object with positional (if any) and keyword arguments.
+ *argc* indicates the total number of positional and keyword arguments.
+ The top element on the stack contains a tuple of keyword argument names.
+ Below that are keyword arguments in the order corresponding to the tuple.
+ Below that are positional arguments, with the right-most parameter on
+ top. Below the arguments is a callable object to call.
+ ``CALL_FUNCTION_KW`` pops all arguments and the callable object off the stack,
+ calls the callable object with those arguments, and pushes the return value
+ returned by the callable object.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Keyword arguments are packed in a tuple instead of a dictionary,
- *argc* indicates the total number of arguments
+ *argc* indicates the total number of arguments.
.. opcode:: CALL_FUNCTION_EX (flags)
- Calls a function. The lowest bit of *flags* indicates whether the
- var-keyword argument is placed at the top of the stack. Below the
- var-keyword argument, the var-positional argument is on the stack.
- Below the arguments, the function object to call is placed.
- Pops all function arguments, and the function itself off the stack, and
- pushes the return value. Note that this opcode pops at most three items
- from the stack. Var-positional and var-keyword arguments are packed
- by :opcode:`BUILD_TUPLE_UNPACK_WITH_CALL` and
- :opcode:`BUILD_MAP_UNPACK_WITH_CALL`.
+ Calls a callable object with variable set of positional and keyword
+ arguments. If the lowest bit of *flags* is set, the top of the stack
+ contains a mapping object containing additional keyword arguments.
+ Below that is an iterable object containing positional arguments and
+ a callable object to call. :opcode:`BUILD_MAP_UNPACK_WITH_CALL` and
+ :opcode:`BUILD_TUPLE_UNPACK_WITH_CALL` can be used for merging multiple
+ mapping objects and iterables containing arguments.
+ Before the callable is called, the mapping object and iterable object
+ are each "unpacked" and their contents passed in as keyword and
+ positional arguments respectively.
+ ``CALL_FUNCTION_EX`` pops all arguments and the callable object off the stack,
+ calls the callable object with those arguments, and pushes the return value
+ returned by the callable object.
.. versionadded:: 3.6
@@ -1179,7 +1186,8 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
Pushes a new function object on the stack. From bottom to top, the consumed
stack must consist of values if the argument carries a specified flag value
- * ``0x01`` a tuple of default argument objects in positional order
+ * ``0x01`` a tuple of default values for positional-only and
+ positional-or-keyword parameters in positional order
* ``0x02`` a dictionary of keyword-only parameters' default values
* ``0x04`` an annotation dictionary
* ``0x08`` a tuple containing cells for free variables, making a closure
@@ -1262,7 +1270,7 @@ instructions:
.. data:: hasconst
- Sequence of bytecodes that have a constant parameter.
+ Sequence of bytecodes that access a constant.
.. data:: hasfree