# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """Doctest for method/function calls. We're going the use these types for extra testing >>> from UserList import UserList >>> from UserDict import UserDict We're defining four helper functions >>> def e(a,b): ... print a, b >>> def f(*a, **k): ... print a, test_support.sortdict(k) >>> def g(x, *y, **z): ... print x, y, test_support.sortdict(z) >>> def h(j=1, a=2, h=3): ... print j, a, h Argument list examples >>> f() () {} >>> f(1) (1,) {} >>> f(1, 2) (1, 2) {} >>> f(1, 2, 3) (1, 2, 3) {} >>> f(1, 2, 3, *(4, 5)) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {} >>> f(1, 2, 3, *[4, 5]) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {} >>> f(1, 2, 3, *UserList([4, 5])) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {} Here we add keyword arguments >>> f(1, 2, 3, **{'a':4, 'b':5}) (1, 2, 3) {'a': 4, 'b': 5} >>> f(1, 2, 3, *[4, 5], **{'a':6, 'b':7}) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {'a': 6, 'b': 7} >>> f(1, 2, 3, x=4, y=5, *(6, 7), **{'a':8, 'b': 9}) (1, 2, 3, 6, 7) {'a': 8, 'b': 9, 'x': 4, 'y': 5} >>> f(1, 2, 3, **UserDict(a=4, b=5)) (1, 2, 3) {'a': 4, 'b': 5} >>> f(1, 2, 3, *(4, 5), **UserDict(a=6, b=7)) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) {'a': 6, 'b': 7} >>> f(1, 2, 3, x=4, y=5, *(6, 7), **UserDict(a=8, b=9)) (1, 2, 3, 6, 7) {'a': 8, 'b': 9, 'x': 4, 'y': 5} Examples with invalid arguments (TypeErrors). We're also testing the function names in the exception messages. Verify clearing of SF bug #733667 >>> e(c=4) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: e() got an unexpected keyword argument 'c' >>> g() Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() takes at least 1 argument (0 given) >>> g(*()) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() takes at least 1 argument (0 given) >>> g(*(), **{}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() takes at least 1 argument (0 given) >>> g(1) 1 () {} >>> g(1, 2) 1 (2,) {} >>> g(1, 2, 3) 1 (2, 3) {} >>> g(1, 2, 3, *(4, 5)) 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) {} >>> class Nothing: pass ... >>> g(*Nothing()) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() argument after * must be a sequence, not instance >>> class Nothing: ... def __len__(self): return 5 ... >>> g(*Nothing()) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() argument after * must be a sequence, not instance >>> class Nothing(): ... def __len__(self): return 5 ... def __getitem__(self, i): ... if i<3: return i ... else: raise IndexError(i) ... >>> g(*Nothing()) 0 (1, 2) {} >>> class Nothing: ... def __init__(self): self.c = 0 ... def __iter__(self): return self ... def next(self): ... if self.c == 4: ... raise StopIteration ... c = self.c ... self.c += 1 ... return c ... >>> g(*Nothing()) 0 (1, 2, 3) {} Make sure that the function doesn't stomp the dictionary >>> d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3} >>> d2 = d.copy() >>> g(1, d=4, **d) 1 () {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4} >>> d == d2 True What about willful misconduct? >>> def saboteur(**kw): ... kw['x'] = 'm' ... return kw >>> d = {} >>> kw = saboteur(a=1, **d) >>> d {} >>> g(1, 2, 3, **{'x': 4, 'y': 5}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: g() got multiple values for keyword argument 'x' >>> f(**{1:2}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: f() keywords must be strings >>> h(**{'e': 2}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: h() got an unexpected keyword argument 'e' >>> h(*h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: h() argument after * must be a sequence, not function >>> dir(*h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: dir() argument after * must be a sequence, not function >>> None(*h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: NoneType object argument after * must be a sequence, \ not function >>> h(**h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function >>> dir(**h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: dir() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function >>> None(**h) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: NoneType object argument after ** must be a mapping, \ not function >>> dir(b=1, **{'b': 1}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: dir() got multiple values for keyword argument 'b' Another helper function >>> def f2(*a, **b): ... return a, b >>> d = {} >>> for i in xrange(512): ... key = 'k%d' % i ... d[key] = i >>> a, b = f2(1, *(2,3), **d) >>> len(a), len(b), b == d (3, 512, True) >>> class Foo: ... def method(self, arg1, arg2): ... return arg1+arg2 >>> x = Foo() >>> Foo.method(*(x, 1, 2)) 3 >>> Foo.method(x, *(1, 2)) 3 >>> Foo.method(*(1, 2, 3)) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: unbound method method() must be called with Foo instance as \ first argument (got int instance instead) >>> Foo.method(1, *[2, 3]) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: unbound method method() must be called with Foo instance as \ first argument (got int instance instead) A PyCFunction that takes only positional parameters should allow an empty keyword dictionary to pass without a complaint, but raise a TypeError if te dictionary is not empty >>> try: ... silence = id(1, *{}) ... True ... except: ... False True >>> id(1, **{'foo': 1}) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: id() takes no keyword arguments A corner case of keyword dictionary items being deleted during the function call setup. See <http://bugs.python.org/issue2016>. >>> class Name(str): ... def __eq__(self, other): ... try: ... del x[self] ... except KeyError: ... pass ... return str.__eq__(self, other) ... def __hash__(self): ... return str.__hash__(self) >>> x = {Name("a"):1, Name("b"):2} >>> def f(a, b): ... print a,b >>> f(**x) 1 2 A obscure message: >>> def f(a, b): ... pass >>> f(b=1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: f() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given) The number of arguments passed in includes keywords: >>> def f(a): ... pass >>> f(6, a=4, *(1, 2, 3)) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: f() takes exactly 1 argument (5 given) """ import unittest import sys from test import test_support class ExtCallTest(unittest.TestCase): def test_unicode_keywords(self): def f(a): return a self.assertEqual(f(**{u'a': 4}), 4) self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, **{u'stören': 4}) self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, **{u'someLongString':2}) try: f(a=4, **{u'a': 4}) except TypeError: pass else: self.fail("duplicate arguments didn't raise") def test_main(): test_support.run_doctest(sys.modules[__name__], True) test_support.run_unittest(ExtCallTest) if __name__ == '__main__': test_main()