[Numpy-discussion] Remove numpy/compat/_inspect.py ?

[Charles R Harris]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:46 PM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The docstring at the beginning of the module is still relevant AFAIK: it
> was about decreasing import times. See
> http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2009-October/045981.html
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Charles R Harris <
> charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The _inspect.py function looks like a numpy version of the python inspect
>> function. ISTR that is was a work around for problems with the early python
>> versions, but that would have been back in 2009.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
It's only used in one function.

def get_object_signature(obj):
    """
    Get the signature from obj
    """
    try:
        sig = formatargspec(*getargspec(obj))
    except TypeError as errmsg:
        sig = ''
#        msg = "Unable to retrieve the signature of %s '%s'\n"\
#              "(Initial error message: %s)"
#        warnings.warn(msg % (type(obj),
#                             getattr(obj, '__name__', '???'),
#                             errmsg))
    return sig

Where a local import would do as well. It also has bugs, so evidently isn't
called often ;)

Chuck
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