Skip to content

Fix inspect.Parameter docstring on the kind attribute #143541

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
johnslavik wants to merge 2 commits into
base: main
Choose a base branch
from
+2 −1
Open

Fix inspect.Parameter docstring on the kind attribute #143541

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
2 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
799d39f
Correct the type of `Parameter.kind` attribute
johnslavik Jan 8, 2026
b3c872d
Elaborate on kinds
johnslavik Jan 8, 2026
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Lib/inspect.py
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -2683,11 +2683,12 @@ class Parameter:
The annotation for the parameter if specified. If the
parameter has no annotation, this attribute is set to
`Parameter.empty`.
* kind : str
* kind : int (enum)
Copy link
Member Author

@johnslavik johnslavik Jan 18, 2026

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

@picnixz, kind : str is wrong. It is never a string.

Copy link
Member

@picnixz picnixz Jan 19, 2026

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Ah! I missed this change! my bad!

Copy link
Member

@picnixz picnixz Jan 19, 2026

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Ah! I missed this change! my bad!

Describes how argument values are bound to the parameter.
Possible values: `Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY`,
`Parameter.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD`, `Parameter.VAR_POSITIONAL`,
`Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY`, `Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD`.
Every value has a `description` attribute describing meaning.
"""

__slots__ = ('_name', '_kind', '_default', '_annotation')
Expand Down
Loading