Rollup patch with a bunch of small fixes in it.  Can I get a quick turnaround review on this?  I'd like it to go in before today's beta is cut.  Definitely the core change has to go in, but that's uncontroversial.

  Core:
  * _PyType_GetDocFromInternalDoc() and
    _PyType_GetTextSignatureFromInternalDoc() are now marked
     Py_LIMITED_API.

  Tools:
  * The default filename for the "file" preset is now:
     "clinic/{filename}.h".

  * The "class" directive syntax has been extended with two new required
    arguments: "typedef" and "type_object".  "typedef" should be the
    equivalent C type for this Python class, presented as a
    pointer-to-type.  "type_object" should be an expression that
    evaluates to a PyTypeObject * for this Python type.  Example:
        class dict "PyDictObject *" "&PyDict_Type"
    This was necessary for the next item.

  * If __new__ or __init__ functions did not use kwargs (or args), the
    PyArg_NoKeywords (or PyArg_NoPositional) calls generated are only
    run if the type object is an exact match.  (Otherwise subclasses
    will not be allowed to start accepting those kinds of arguments.)

  * Argument Clinic now fails if you have required parameters after
    optional parameters.

  * Converters now have a new template they can inject code into:
    it's called "modifiers", and code put there is run in the parsing
    function after argument parsing but before the call to the impl.
    "modifiers" is intended for converters that may want dynamic
    default values.  An example string you might add:
        "if ({name} == NULL)\n    name = time(NULL);"

LGTM, but I'm not familiar with Clinic's own code...

Don't forget to use "hg mv" to rename existing side files.

_PyType_GetDocFromInternalDoc and _PyType_GetTextSignatureFromInternalDoc declarations are too long. could you please wrap them around?

First parameter of class methods (e.g. dict.fromkeys) now has a type of object (PyDictObject *) instead of PyTypeObject * (or PyDict_Type *).

There is redundant cast in dict___contains__:

    register PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)self;

First parameter of static methods (e.g. str.maketrans) now has a type of object (PyUnicodeObject *) instead of void *.

There is redundant cast in unicodedata_UCD_decimal_impl:

    PyUnicodeObject *v = (PyUnicodeObject *)unichr;

Perhaps here should be os.path.dirname() instead of os.path.basename():

    dirname = os.path.basename(destination.filename)

The 'fail("Can't write to destination "' line is too long. And I think it will look better if use string formatting.

Thanks for the reviews, Nick and Serhiy, especially considering that the Rietveld link didn't work!

Serhiy: I believe I fixed everything.  There are no side files checked in yet.  Can you give me another review?

Hang on, my tree was out of date.  Which is why I didn't get a review link, duh.  And if side files have appeared I'll fix 'em.

Okay, here's my revised patch, for real this time, with "hg mv" for the side files and everything.

Oops, I goofed up moving _lzamodule.clinic.c.h.  I'll fix that locally, won't regenerate the patch just for that (unless you ask me to).

No, wait, I think it's fine, it was just some detritus in my directory throwing me off.  But "hg stat" looks correct.

I don't know why it's refusing to generate the review link.  The patch applies cleanly to trunk, even now, hours later.  Maybe it doesn't like file moves?

New changeset 9c5b421cc7de by Larry Hastings in branch 'default':
Issue #20390: Small fixes and improvements for Argument Clinic.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c5b421cc7de

New changeset 1435d2fe8e34 by Larry Hastings in branch 'default':
Issue #20390: Final fix, for generating NoPositional/NoKeyword for __init__ calls.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1435d2fe8e34

Rietveld doesn't like patches against out of date tree. And unfortunately it doesn't like patches in git format.

I don't know about diff #1, but diff #2 definitely applied cleanly against a fresh trunk at 8:22pm local time.  I've turned off git format.

New changeset 06b4fbb09c93 by Larry Hastings in branch 'default':
Issue #20390: Removing detritus from Argument Clinic "file preset" name change.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/06b4fbb09c93