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Title: pydoc fails with the "unspecified" default value
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Versions: Python 3.4
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Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: berker.peksag, larry, serhiy.storchaka, yselivanov
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2014-01-18 11:43 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg208394 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-18 11:43
With patch for the zlib module (issue20193) which uses the "unspecified" default value:

$ ./python -m pydoc zlib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 1997, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, module_dict)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'unspecified' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2000, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, sys_module_dict)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'unspecified' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 189, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2593, in <module>
    cli()
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 2558, in cli
    help.help(arg)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1840, in help
    elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1578, in doc
    pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1571, in render_doc
    return title % desc + '\n\n' + renderer.document(object, name)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 356, in document
    if inspect.ismodule(object): return self.docmodule(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1142, in docmodule
    contents.append(self.document(value, key, name))
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 358, in document
    if inspect.isroutine(object): return self.docroutine(*args)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/pydoc.py", line 1323, in docroutine
    signature = inspect.signature(object)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 1468, in signature
    return Signature.from_builtin(obj)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2052, in from_builtin
    p(name, default)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2038, in p
    default_node = RewriteSymbolics().visit(default_node)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/ast.py", line 245, in visit
    return visitor(node)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2030, in visit_Name
    return wrap_value(node.id)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2002, in wrap_value
    raise RuntimeError()
RuntimeError
msg208405 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-18 17:40
Just checking--that happens with current trunk?  Revision 32f9e0ae23f7 or newer?
msg208407 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-18 17:49
That happens with current trunk (revision 1469c4fde8cd) and a patch for zlib from issue20193 [1].

[1] http://bugs.python.org/file33523/zlib_clinic.patch
msg208411 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-18 19:30
I just built from a new clone of trunk, and it works fine for me.  I didn't see the exception you report--I get the documentation for zlib.

Do you still get the error if you build from a new clone of the current trunk?
msg208457 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-19 07:06
> I just built from a new clone of trunk, and it works fine for me.

It works fine for me, too (revision 8f11493cf727).
msg208466 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-19 09:12
Closing.  Reopen it if you get a reproducible test case with a fresh checkout of trunk.
msg208477 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-19 13:23
I just built from a new clone of trunk (last revision is d0e2437136f5), and I still get the error.
msg208799 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:05
Seems this is related issue:

>>> import zlib, inspect
>>> zlib.compressobj.__text_signature__
'(level=Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, method=DEFLATED, wbits=MAX_WBITS, memLevel=DEF_MEM_LEVEL, strategy=Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY, zdict=None)'
>>> str(inspect.signature(zlib.compressobj))
'(level=-1, method=8, wbits=15, memLevel=8, strategy=0, zdict=None)'

help(zlib.compress) shows the '(bytes, level=-1)' signature.

inspect.signature() evaluates default values and instead of expected named constant it outputs numeric value which is often implementation detail.
msg208801 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:11
Yes, that is how it must work.  This is symmetric with pure Python functions:

    >>> import inspect
    >>> import zlib
    >>> def foo(a=zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION): pass
    ... 
    >>> str(inspect.signature(foo))
    '(a=-1)'
msg208802 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:13
I missed the detail that you were working with a patch applied.

I suspect the problem is, you misspelled one of the expressions you provided as a default value.  Try str(inspect.signature(x)) on every function you converted.  I bet one of them will throw an exception.

Yes this is error-prone.
msg208805 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:26
> Yes, that is how it must work.  This is symmetric with pure Python 
functions:

This is because in pure Python functions we have no enough information. I 
believe than origin expression is more useful in the help. Compare:

>>> import re, inspect
>>> p = re.compile('')
>>> p.match.__text_signature__
'(string, pos=0, endpos=sys.maxsize)'
>>> str(inspect.signature(p.match))
'(string, pos=0, endpos=2147483647)'

> I suspect the problem is, you misspelled one of the expressions you provided
> as a default value.

>>> import zlib, inspect
>>> zlib.decompress.__text_signature__
'(data, wbits=unspecified, bufsize=unspecified)'
>>> str(inspect.signature(zlib.decompress))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 1997, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, module_dict)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'unspecified' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2000, in wrap_value
    value = eval(s, sys_module_dict)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'unspecified' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 1468, in signature
    return Signature.from_builtin(obj)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2052, in from_builtin
    p(name, default)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2038, in p
    default_node = RewriteSymbolics().visit(default_node)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/ast.py", line 245, in visit
    return visitor(node)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2030, in visit_Name
    return wrap_value(node.id)
  File "/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/inspect.py", line 2002, in wrap_value
    raise RuntimeError()
RuntimeError
msg208806 - (view) Author: Larry Hastings (larry) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:41
> This is because in pure Python functions we have no enough
> information. I  believe than origin expression is more useful
> in the help.

That doesn't matter.  inspect.Signature would have to change in order to provide the original expression, and it's not going to for 3.4.


In zlib.decompress, remove the "= unspecified".  You can have a c_default without a default value now.
msg208807 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 13:52
Without  the "= unspecified" parameters will be non-optional.
msg209358 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-26 22:07
Since Argument Clinic no more supports "unspecified" default value, this issue can be closed.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:57adminsetgithub: 64492
2014-01-26 22:07:31serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: out of date
messages: + msg209358

stage: resolved
2014-01-26 22:05:28serhiy.storchakaunlinkissue20193 dependencies
2014-01-23 18:13:25serhiy.storchakasetnosy: + yselivanov
2014-01-22 13:52:34serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg208807
2014-01-22 13:41:49larrysetmessages: + msg208806
2014-01-22 13:26:03serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg208805
2014-01-22 13:13:21larrysetmessages: + msg208802
2014-01-22 13:11:10larrysetmessages: + msg208801
2014-01-22 13:05:06serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg208799
2014-01-19 13:23:08serhiy.storchakasetstatus: closed -> open
resolution: works for me -> (no value)
messages: + msg208477

stage: resolved -> (no value)
2014-01-19 09:12:30larrysetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: works for me
messages: + msg208466

stage: resolved
2014-01-19 07:06:37berker.peksagsetnosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg208457
2014-01-18 19:30:03larrysetmessages: + msg208411
2014-01-18 17:49:16serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg208407
2014-01-18 17:40:34larrysetmessages: + msg208405
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