diff -r e508c2b8fd44 Doc/library/inspect.rst --- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst Wed Jan 29 12:18:59 2014 -0500 +++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst Wed Jan 29 16:43:53 2014 -0500 @@ -444,12 +444,21 @@ no metadata about their arguments. -.. class:: Signature +.. class:: Signature(parameters=None, \*, return_annotation=Signature.empty) A Signature object represents the call signature of a function and its return annotation. For each parameter accepted by the function it stores a :class:`Parameter` object in its :attr:`parameters` collection. + The optional *parameters* argument is a sequence of :class:`Parameter` + objects, which is validated to check that there are no parameters with + duplicate names, and that the parameters are in the right order, i.e. + positional-only first, then positional-or-keyword, and that parameters with + defaults follow parameters without defaults. + + The optional *return_annotation* argument, can be an arbitrary Python object, + is the "return" annotation of the callable. + Signature objects are *immutable*. Use :meth:`Signature.replace` to make a modified copy. @@ -498,7 +507,7 @@ "(a, b) -> 'new return anno'" -.. class:: Parameter +.. class:: Parameter(name, kind, \*, default=Parameter.empty, annotation=Parameter.empty) Parameter objects are *immutable*. Instead of modifying a Parameter object, you can use :meth:`Parameter.replace` to create a modified copy.