Issue #8837: Remove "O?" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions. The format is no
used anymore and it was never documented.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9a8da70..2ab9640 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #8837: Remove "O?" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions. The format is no
+ used anymore and it was never documented.
+
- Issue #2844: Make int('42', n) consistently raise ValueError for
invalid integers n (including n = -909).
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
index e8efb3c..ce9f152 100644
--- a/Python/getargs.c
+++ b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -1293,17 +1293,6 @@
return converterr(type->tp_name, arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
}
- else if (*format == '?') {
- inquiry pred = va_arg(*p_va, inquiry);
- p = va_arg(*p_va, PyObject **);
- format++;
- if ((*pred)(arg))
- *p = arg;
- else
- return converterr("(unspecified)",
- arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
-
- }
else if (*format == '&') {
typedef int (*converter)(PyObject *, void *);
converter convert = va_arg(*p_va, converter);