slightly modified version of Greg Ewing's extended call syntax patch
executive summary:
Instead of typing 'apply(f, args, kwargs)' you can type 'f(*arg, **kwargs)'.
Some file-by-file details follow.
Grammar/Grammar:
simplify varargslist, replacing '*' '*' with '**'
add * & ** options to arglist
Include/opcode.h & Lib/dis.py:
define three new opcodes
CALL_FUNCTION_VAR
CALL_FUNCTION_KW
CALL_FUNCTION_VAR_KW
Python/ceval.c:
extend TypeError "keyword parameter redefined" message to include
the name of the offending keyword
reindent CALL_FUNCTION using four spaces
add handling of sequences and dictionaries using extend calls
fix function import_from to use PyErr_Format
diff --git a/Include/opcode.h b/Include/opcode.h
index 8b6890f..0e15497 100644
--- a/Include/opcode.h
+++ b/Include/opcode.h
@@ -138,10 +138,17 @@
for new opcodes. */
#define RAISE_VARARGS 130 /* Number of raise arguments (1, 2 or 3) */
+/* CALL_FUNCTION_XXX opcodes defined below depend on this definition */
#define CALL_FUNCTION 131 /* #args + (#kwargs<<8) */
#define MAKE_FUNCTION 132 /* #defaults */
#define BUILD_SLICE 133 /* Number of items */
+/* The next 3 opcodes must be contiguous and satisfy
+ (CALL_FUNCTION_STAR - CALL_FUNCTION) & 3 == 1 */
+#define CALL_FUNCTION_VAR 140 /* #args + (#kwargs<<8) */
+#define CALL_FUNCTION_KW 141 /* #args + (#kwargs<<8) */
+#define CALL_FUNCTION_VAR_KW 142 /* #args + (#kwargs<<8) */
+
/* Comparison operator codes (argument to COMPARE_OP) */
enum cmp_op {LT, LE, EQ, NE, GT, GE, IN, NOT_IN, IS, IS_NOT, EXC_MATCH, BAD};