Issue #23671: string.Template now allows to specify the "self" parameter as
keyword argument. string.Formatter now allows to specify the "self" and
the "format_string" parameters as keyword arguments.
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index d762e04..23608b4 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@
raise ValueError('Invalid placeholder in string: line %d, col %d' %
(lineno, colno))
- def substitute(self, *args, **kws):
+ def substitute(*args, **kws):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'substitute' of 'Template' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, args = args[0], args[1:] # allow the "self" keyword be passed
if len(args) > 1:
raise TypeError('Too many positional arguments')
if not args:
@@ -171,7 +175,11 @@
self.pattern)
return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
- def safe_substitute(self, *args, **kws):
+ def safe_substitute(*args, **kws):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'safe_substitute' of 'Template' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, args = args[0], args[1:] # allow the "self" keyword be passed
if len(args) > 1:
raise TypeError('Too many positional arguments')
if not args:
@@ -535,7 +543,19 @@
# The field name parser is implemented in str._formatter_field_name_split
class Formatter(object):
- def format(self, format_string, *args, **kwargs):
+ def format(*args, **kwargs):
+ if not args:
+ raise TypeError("descriptor 'format' of 'Formatter' object "
+ "needs an argument")
+ self, args = args[0], args[1:] # allow the "self" keyword be passed
+ try:
+ format_string, args = args[0], args[1:] # allow the "format_string" keyword be passed
+ except IndexError:
+ if 'format_string' in kwargs:
+ format_string = kwargs.pop('format_string')
+ else:
+ raise TypeError("format() missing 1 required positional "
+ "argument: 'format_string'")
return self.vformat(format_string, args, kwargs)
def vformat(self, format_string, args, kwargs):