[Python-Dev] removing nested tuple function parameters (original) (raw)

Steven Bethard steven.bethard at gmail.com
Sun Sep 18 04:15:09 CEST 2005

Brett Cannon wrote:

Is anyone truly attached to nested tuple function parameters; ``def fxn((a,b)): print a,b``?

I find 54 instances in my Python installation.

grep -r "def.([^=]([^)],[^)]).*):" * aifc.py: def setparams(self, (nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)): bdb.py: def user_exception(self, frame, (exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)): binhex.py: def init(self, (name, finfo, dlen, rlen), ofp): cgitb.py:def html((etype, evalue, etb), context=5): cgitb.py:def text((etype, evalue, etb), context=5): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): compiler/ast.py: def init(self, (left, right), lineno=None): formatter.py: def push_font(self, (size, i, b, tt)): idlelib/Debugger.py: def show_frame(self, (frame, lineno)): imputil.py: def _process_result(self, (ispkg, code, values), fqname): inspect.py: def tokeneater(self, type, token, (srow, scol), (erow, ecol), line): lib-old/fmt.py: def text(self, (h, v), str): lib-old/fmt.py: def text(self, (h, v), text): modulefinder.py: def load_module(self, fqname, fp, pathname, (suffix, mode, type)): pdb.py: def user_exception(self, frame, (exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)): plat-irix5/flp.py:def create_full_form(inst, (fdata, odatalist)): plat-irix5/flp.py:def merge_full_form(inst, form, (fdata, odatalist)): plat-irix6/flp.py:def create_full_form(inst, (fdata, odatalist)): plat-irix6/flp.py:def merge_full_form(inst, form, (fdata, odatalist)): plat-mac/findertools.py:def _setlocation(object_alias, (x, y)): plat-mac/findertools.py:def _setwindowsize(folder_alias, (w, h)): plat-mac/findertools.py:def _setwindowposition(folder_alias, (x, y)): pydoc.py: def fixup((name, kind, cls, value)): pydoc.py: def init(self, filename, (exc, value, tb)): pydoc.py: def modpkglink(self, (name, path, ispackage, shadowed)): pydoc.py: def submodules(self, (dir, package)): pydoc.py: def isnewpackage(self, (dir, package)): sunau.py: def setparams(self, (nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)): test/inspect_fodder.py:def spam(a, b, c, d=3, (e, (f,))=(4, (5,)), *g, **h): test/test_compile.py: def comp_args((a, b)): test/test_compile.py: def comp_args((a, b)=(3, 4)): test/test_compile.py: def comp_args(a, (b, c)): Binary file test/test_compile.pyc matches test/test_grammar.py:def f4(two, (compound, (argument, list))): pass test/test_grammar.py:def f5((compound, first), two): pass test/test_grammar.py:def v3(a, (b, c), *rest): return a, b, c, rest test/test_math.py:def testfrexp(name, (mant, exp), (emant, eexp)): test/test_math.py:def testmodf(name, (v1, v2), (e1, e2)): Binary file test/test_parser.pyc matches test/test_scope.py:def makeAddPair((a, b)): test/test_scope.py: def addPair((c, d)): test/test_threadsignals.py:def registerSignals((for_usr1, for_usr2, for_alrm)): threading.py: def _acquire_restore(self, (count, owner)): tokenize.py:def printtoken(type, token, (srow, scol), (erow, ecol), line): # for testing urlparse.py:def urlunparse((scheme, netloc, url, params, query, fragment)): urlparse.py:def urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, url, query, fragment)): wave.py: def setparams(self, (nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)):

Not to mention the dozen or so in my own codebase.

STeVe

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