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Title: Argument names in __annotations__ are not mangled for functions defined inside class scope
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: yselivanov Nosy List: Arfrever, benjamin.peterson, eric.araujo, jonasw, larry, ncoghlan, nnorwitz, python-dev, yselivanov
Priority: high Keywords: patch

Created on 2014-02-14 11:57 by jonasw, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
issue_20625_01.patch yselivanov, 2014-02-14 19:17 review
issue_20625_02.patch yselivanov, 2014-02-14 22:59 review
Messages (12)
msg211215 - (view) Author: Jonas Wielicki (jonasw) Date: 2014-02-14 11:57
Assume I have this code:

class Spam:
    def eggs(__some_kwarg:int=None):
        print(__some_kwarg)

I can call Spam.bar with keyword arguments as expected from mangling:

>>> Spam.eggs(10)
10
>>> Spam.eggs(_Spam__some_kwarg=10)
10

However, in the __annotations__ field, the argument name is not mangled:

>>> Spam.eggs.__annotations__
{'__some_kwarg': <class 'int'>}

This is an inconsistency which makes it difficult to work with function annotations in this case.
msg211231 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 18:31
It looks like it's a bug.

Spam.eggs.__code__.co_varnames will have '_Spam__some_kwarg' as a name of the first parameter. So __annotations__ should have '_Spam__some_kwarg' instead of '__some_kwarg'.
msg211234 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 18:35
Furthermore:

class Foo:
  def bar(self, *, __kw:'anno'='default'):
    pass

>>> Foo.bar.__annotations__
{'__kw': 'anno'}
>>> Foo.bar.__kwdefaults__
{'_Foo__kw': 'default'}
msg211237 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 19:17
Patch is attached. Please review.
msg211242 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 22:22
Why would we mangle the names of arguments in the first place?  What possible use case is there?
msg211243 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 22:34
> Why would we mangle the names of arguments in the first place?  What possible use case is there?

The use case is multiple inheritance. You can define your methods with keyword and keyword-only params starting with '__', put in them some cached default for speeding up lookup time, and not being worried that someone can override the arg. The second reason is, I believe, is desire to be consistent with mangling methods and attributes.

Again, using mangling for function arguments is, probably, not the best practice, and that, combined with the fact, that people are just starting to play with annotations, explains why this bug was so long unnoticed.

But the semantics of arg names mangling is already there, implemented everywhere but __annotations__.

The attached patch is fairly simple, and really is just a bug fix. It would be great if we can get this in 3.4 (and even in 3.3 and 3.2).
msg211244 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 22:43
(see review on rietveld)
msg211248 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-02-14 22:59
lgtm
msg211531 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-02-18 17:50
New changeset a63327162063 by Yury Selivanov in branch 'default':
Mangle __parameters in __annotations__ dict properly. Issue #20625.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a63327162063
msg211556 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-02-18 21:08
New changeset 5202aca8a673 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #20625: Fix compilation issue
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5202aca8a673
msg211671 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-02-19 23:07
New changeset e301a515f8f4 by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
update magic number for #20625
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e301a515f8f4
msg213822 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-03-17 06:31
New changeset 4d7c3cbd8515 by Yury Selivanov in branch '3.4':
Mangle __parameters in __annotations__ dict properly. Issue #20625.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4d7c3cbd8515

New changeset 3bced76d2706 by Victor Stinner in branch '3.4':
Issue #20625: Fix compilation issue
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3bced76d2706

New changeset e5cde3fd7c74 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4':
update magic number for #20625
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e5cde3fd7c74
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:58adminsetgithub: 64824
2014-03-17 06:31:02python-devsetmessages: + msg213822
2014-02-20 03:41:00Arfreversetnosy: + Arfrever
2014-02-19 23:07:18python-devsetmessages: + msg211671
2014-02-18 21:08:12python-devsetmessages: + msg211556
2014-02-18 17:56:03yselivanovsetstatus: open -> closed
assignee: yselivanov
resolution: fixed
2014-02-18 17:50:07python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg211531
2014-02-14 22:59:56benjamin.petersonsetmessages: + msg211248
2014-02-14 22:59:02yselivanovsetfiles: + issue_20625_02.patch
2014-02-14 22:43:10benjamin.petersonsetmessages: + msg211244
2014-02-14 22:34:40yselivanovsetmessages: + msg211243
2014-02-14 22:22:51larrysetmessages: + msg211242
2014-02-14 19:19:25yselivanovsetpriority: normal -> high
2014-02-14 19:18:29yselivanovsetversions: + Python 3.4
2014-02-14 19:17:14yselivanovsetfiles: + issue_20625_01.patch

nosy: + nnorwitz, benjamin.peterson
messages: + msg211237

keywords: + patch
2014-02-14 18:35:39yselivanovsetmessages: + msg211234
2014-02-14 18:31:14yselivanovsetmessages: + msg211231
2014-02-14 18:21:00eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo
2014-02-14 15:58:21yselivanovsetnosy: + ncoghlan, larry, yselivanov
2014-02-14 11:57:28jonaswcreate