[Python-Dev] anonymous blocks

[Greg Ewing]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> Of course, even with the unpack list, you still have to know what kind
> of arguments the function calls your block with.  And because these
> only appear within the code, e.g.
>     block(openfile)
> you can't rely on easily accessible things like the function's
> signature.

You can't rely on a function's signature alone to tell
you much in any case. A distressingly large number of
functions found in third-party extension modules have
a help() string that just says something like

   fooble(arg,...)

There's really no substitute for a good docstring!

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