Make inspect.signature able to parse format strings.
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Description
| BPO | 40470 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @ericvsmith, @anntzer, @FFY00 |
Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-05-01.15:20:47.363>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.9']
title = 'Make inspect.signature able to parse format strings.'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-03.01:23:54.236>
user = 'https://github.com/anntzer'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-05-03.01:23:54.236>
actor = 'FFY00'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2020-05-01.15:20:47.363>
creator = 'Antony.Lee'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 40470
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['367852']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['eric.smith', 'Antony.Lee', 'FFY00']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue40470'
versions = ['Python 3.9']
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with inspect.signature and the migrated BPO issue 40470; the payload names no source file or test. Clarify the format-string syntax and expected parsing behavior, then verify the agreed cases with focused coverage for inspect.signature.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100