[New-bugs-announce] [issue7422] Document inspect.get(full)argspec limitation to Python function

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

"inspect.getargspec(func) 
Get the names and default values of a function’s arguments. "
"inspect.getfullargspec(func) 
Get the names and default values of a function’s arguments."

'Function' must be a Python function (or a bound method wrapper
thereof). (Some posted this 'discovery' on python-list today, so it is
not obvious to everyone.)

Suggestion: insert 'Python' before "function's"
or rewrite as
"Get the names and default values of the arguments of a Python function
or bound method."

This is a different request from #1748064, which requested that the
limitation be removed.

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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
messages: 95879
nosy: georg.brandl, tjreedy
severity: normal
status: open
title: Document inspect.get(full)argspec limitation to Python function
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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