Index: Doc/library/inspect.rst
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--- Doc/library/inspect.rst	(Revision 84316)
+++ Doc/library/inspect.rst	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@
    or ``None``. *locals* is the locals dictionary of the given frame.
 
 
-.. function:: formatargspec(args[, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatarg, formatvarargs, formatvarkw, formatvalue, join])
+.. function:: formatargspec(args[, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatarg, formatvarargs, formatvarkw, formatvalue])
 
    Format a pretty argument spec from the four values returned by
    :func:`getargspec`.  The format\* arguments are the corresponding optional
    formatting functions that are called to turn names and values into strings.
 
 
-.. function:: formatargvalues(args[, varargs, varkw, locals, formatarg, formatvarargs, formatvarkw, formatvalue, join])
+.. function:: formatargvalues(args[, varargs, varkw, locals, formatarg, formatvarargs, formatvarkw, formatvalue])
 
    Format a pretty argument spec from the four values returned by
    :func:`getargvalues`.  The format\* arguments are the corresponding optional
Index: Lib/inspect.py
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--- Lib/inspect.py	(Revision 84316)
+++ Lib/inspect.py	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -845,19 +845,6 @@
     args, varargs, varkw = getargs(frame.f_code)
     return ArgInfo(args, varargs, varkw, frame.f_locals)
 
-def joinseq(seq):
-    if len(seq) == 1:
-        return '(' + seq[0] + ',)'
-    else:
-        return '(' + ', '.join(seq) + ')'
-
-def strseq(object, convert, join=joinseq):
-    """Recursively walk a sequence, stringifying each element."""
-    if type(object) in (list, tuple):
-        return join(map(lambda o, c=convert, j=join: strseq(o, c, j), object))
-    else:
-        return convert(object)
-
 def formatannotation(annotation, base_module=None):
     if isinstance(annotation, type):
         if annotation.__module__ in ('builtins', base_module):
@@ -878,8 +865,7 @@
                   formatvarkw=lambda name: '**' + name,
                   formatvalue=lambda value: '=' + repr(value),
                   formatreturns=lambda text: ' -> ' + text,
-                  formatannotation=formatannotation,
-                  join=joinseq):
+                  formatannotation=formatannotation):
     """Format an argument spec from the values returned by getargspec
     or getfullargspec.
 
@@ -897,7 +883,7 @@
     if defaults:
         firstdefault = len(args) - len(defaults)
     for i, arg in enumerate(args):
-        spec = strseq(arg, formatargandannotation, join)
+        spec = formatargandannotation(arg)
         if defaults and i >= firstdefault:
             spec = spec + formatvalue(defaults[i - firstdefault])
         specs.append(spec)
@@ -923,8 +909,7 @@
                     formatarg=str,
                     formatvarargs=lambda name: '*' + name,
                     formatvarkw=lambda name: '**' + name,
-                    formatvalue=lambda value: '=' + repr(value),
-                    join=joinseq):
+                    formatvalue=lambda value: '=' + repr(value)):
     """Format an argument spec from the 4 values returned by getargvalues.
 
     The first four arguments are (args, varargs, varkw, locals).  The
@@ -936,7 +921,7 @@
         return formatarg(name) + formatvalue(locals[name])
     specs = []
     for i in range(len(args)):
-        specs.append(strseq(args[i], convert, join))
+        specs.append(convert(args[i]))
     if varargs:
         specs.append(formatvarargs(varargs) + formatvalue(locals[varargs]))
     if varkw: