Issue #15008: Implement PEP 362 "Signature Objects".

Patch by Yury Selivanov.

Lib/inspect.py

@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ Here are some of the useful functions provided by this module:
     getouterframes(), getinnerframes() - get info about frames
     currentframe() - get the current stack frame
     stack(), trace() - get info about frames on the stack or in a traceback
+
+    signature() - get a Signature object for the callable
 """
 
 # This module is in the public domain.  No warranties.
 
-__author__ = 'Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>'
+__author__ = ('Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>',
-__date__ = '1 Jan 2001'
+              'Yury Selivanov <yselivanov@sprymix.com>')
 
 import imp
 import importlib.machinery
@@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ import sys
 import tokenize
 import types
 import warnings
+import functools
 from operator import attrgetter
-from collections import namedtuple
+from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
 
 # Create constants for the compiler flags in Include/code.h
 # We try to get them from dis to avoid duplication, but fall
@@ -1223,3 +1226,769 @@ def getgeneratorstate(generator):
     if generator.gi_frame.f_lasti == -1:
         return GEN_CREATED
     return GEN_SUSPENDED
+
+
+###############################################################################
+### Function Signature Object (PEP 362)
+###############################################################################
+
+
+_WrapperDescriptor = type(type.__call__)
+_MethodWrapper = type(all.__call__)
+
+_NonUserDefinedCallables = (_WrapperDescriptor,
+                            _MethodWrapper,
+                            types.BuiltinFunctionType)
+
+
+def _get_user_defined_method(cls, method_name):
+    try:
+        meth = getattr(cls, method_name)
+    except AttributeError:
+        return
+    else:
+        if not isinstance(meth, _NonUserDefinedCallables):
+            # Once '__signature__' will be added to 'C'-level
+            # callables, this check won't be necessary
+            return meth
+
+
+def signature(obj):
+    '''Get a signature object for the passed callable.'''
+
+    if not callable(obj):
+        raise TypeError('{!r} is not a callable object'.format(obj))
+
+    if isinstance(obj, types.MethodType):
+        # In this case we skip the first parameter of the underlying
+        # function (usually `self` or `cls`).
+        sig = signature(obj.__func__)
+        return sig.replace(parameters=tuple(sig.parameters.values())[1:])
+
+    try:
+        sig = obj.__signature__
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        if sig is not None:
+            return sig
+
+    try:
+        # Was this function wrapped by a decorator?
+        wrapped = obj.__wrapped__
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        return signature(wrapped)
+
+    if isinstance(obj, types.FunctionType):
+        return Signature.from_function(obj)
+
+    if isinstance(obj, functools.partial):
+        sig = signature(obj.func)
+
+        new_params = OrderedDict(sig.parameters.items())
+
+        partial_args = obj.args or ()
+        partial_keywords = obj.keywords or {}
+        try:
+            ba = sig.bind_partial(*partial_args, **partial_keywords)
+        except TypeError as ex:
+            msg = 'partial object {!r} has incorrect arguments'.format(obj)
+            raise ValueError(msg) from ex
+
+        for arg_name, arg_value in ba.arguments.items():
+            param = new_params[arg_name]
+            if arg_name in partial_keywords:
+                # We set a new default value, because the following code
+                # is correct:
+                #
+                #   >>> def foo(a): print(a)
+                #   >>> print(partial(partial(foo, a=10), a=20)())
+                #   20
+                #   >>> print(partial(partial(foo, a=10), a=20)(a=30))
+                #   30
+                #
+                # So, with 'partial' objects, passing a keyword argument is
+                # like setting a new default value for the corresponding
+                # parameter
+                #
+                # We also mark this parameter with '_partial_kwarg'
+                # flag.  Later, in '_bind', the 'default' value of this
+                # parameter will be added to 'kwargs', to simulate
+                # the 'functools.partial' real call.
+                new_params[arg_name] = param.replace(default=arg_value,
+                                                     _partial_kwarg=True)
+
+            elif (param.kind not in (_VAR_KEYWORD, _VAR_POSITIONAL) and
+                            not param._partial_kwarg):
+                new_params.pop(arg_name)
+
+        return sig.replace(parameters=new_params.values())
+
+    sig = None
+    if isinstance(obj, type):
+        # obj is a class or a metaclass
+
+        # First, let's see if it has an overloaded __call__ defined
+        # in its metaclass
+        call = _get_user_defined_method(type(obj), '__call__')
+        if call is not None:
+            sig = signature(call)
+        else:
+            # Now we check if the 'obj' class has a '__new__' method
+            new = _get_user_defined_method(obj, '__new__')
+            if new is not None:
+                sig = signature(new)
+            else:
+                # Finally, we should have at least __init__ implemented
+                init = _get_user_defined_method(obj, '__init__')
+                if init is not None:
+                    sig = signature(init)
+    elif not isinstance(obj, _NonUserDefinedCallables):
+        # An object with __call__
+        # We also check that the 'obj' is not an instance of
+        # _WrapperDescriptor or _MethodWrapper to avoid
+        # infinite recursion (and even potential segfault)
+        call = _get_user_defined_method(type(obj), '__call__')
+        if call is not None:
+            sig = signature(call)
+
+    if sig is not None:
+        # For classes and objects we skip the first parameter of their
+        # __call__, __new__, or __init__ methods
+        return sig.replace(parameters=tuple(sig.parameters.values())[1:])
+
+    if isinstance(obj, types.BuiltinFunctionType):
+        # Raise a nicer error message for builtins
+        msg = 'no signature found for builtin function {!r}'.format(obj)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    raise ValueError('callable {!r} is not supported by signature'.format(obj))
+
+
+class _void:
+    '''A private marker - used in Parameter & Signature'''
+
+
+class _empty:
+    pass
+
+
+class _ParameterKind(int):
+    def __new__(self, *args, name):
+        obj = int.__new__(self, *args)
+        obj._name = name
+        return obj
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<_ParameterKind: {!r}>'.format(self._name)
+
+
+_POSITIONAL_ONLY        = _ParameterKind(0, name='POSITIONAL_ONLY')
+_POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD  = _ParameterKind(1, name='POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD')
+_VAR_POSITIONAL         = _ParameterKind(2, name='VAR_POSITIONAL')
+_KEYWORD_ONLY           = _ParameterKind(3, name='KEYWORD_ONLY')
+_VAR_KEYWORD            = _ParameterKind(4, name='VAR_KEYWORD')
+
+
+class Parameter:
+    '''Represents a parameter in a function signature.
+
+    Has the following public attributes:
+
+    * name : str
+        The name of the parameter as a string.
+    * default : object
+        The default value for the parameter if specified.  If the
+        parameter has no default value, this attribute is not set.
+    * annotation
+        The annotation for the parameter if specified.  If the
+        parameter has no annotation, this attribute is not set.
+    * kind : str
+        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`.
+    '''
+
+    __slots__ = ('_name', '_kind', '_default', '_annotation', '_partial_kwarg')
+
+    POSITIONAL_ONLY         = _POSITIONAL_ONLY
+    POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD   = _POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD
+    VAR_POSITIONAL          = _VAR_POSITIONAL
+    KEYWORD_ONLY            = _KEYWORD_ONLY
+    VAR_KEYWORD             = _VAR_KEYWORD
+
+    empty = _empty
+
+    def __init__(self, name, kind, *, default=_empty, annotation=_empty,
+                 _partial_kwarg=False):
+
+        if kind not in (_POSITIONAL_ONLY, _POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD,
+                        _VAR_POSITIONAL, _KEYWORD_ONLY, _VAR_KEYWORD):
+            raise ValueError("invalid value for 'Parameter.kind' attribute")
+        self._kind = kind
+
+        if default is not _empty:
+            if kind in (_VAR_POSITIONAL, _VAR_KEYWORD):
+                msg = '{} parameters cannot have default values'.format(kind)
+                raise ValueError(msg)
+        self._default = default
+        self._annotation = annotation
+
+        if name is None:
+            if kind != _POSITIONAL_ONLY:
+                raise ValueError("None is not a valid name for a "
+                                 "non-positional-only parameter")
+            self._name = name
+        else:
+            name = str(name)
+            if kind != _POSITIONAL_ONLY and not name.isidentifier():
+                msg = '{!r} is not a valid parameter name'.format(name)
+                raise ValueError(msg)
+            self._name = name
+
+        self._partial_kwarg = _partial_kwarg
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def default(self):
+        return self._default
+
+    @property
+    def annotation(self):
+        return self._annotation
+
+    @property
+    def kind(self):
+        return self._kind
+
+    def replace(self, *, name=_void, kind=_void, annotation=_void,
+                default=_void, _partial_kwarg=_void):
+        '''Creates a customized copy of the Parameter.'''
+
+        if name is _void:
+            name = self._name
+
+        if kind is _void:
+            kind = self._kind
+
+        if annotation is _void:
+            annotation = self._annotation
+
+        if default is _void:
+            default = self._default
+
+        if _partial_kwarg is _void:
+            _partial_kwarg = self._partial_kwarg
+
+        return type(self)(name, kind, default=default, annotation=annotation,
+                          _partial_kwarg=_partial_kwarg)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        kind = self.kind
+
+        formatted = self._name
+        if kind == _POSITIONAL_ONLY:
+            if formatted is None:
+                formatted = ''
+            formatted = '<{}>'.format(formatted)
+
+        # Add annotation and default value
+        if self._annotation is not _empty:
+            formatted = '{}:{}'.format(formatted,
+                                       formatannotation(self._annotation))
+
+        if self._default is not _empty:
+            formatted = '{}={}'.format(formatted, repr(self._default))
+
+        if kind == _VAR_POSITIONAL:
+            formatted = '*' + formatted
+        elif kind == _VAR_KEYWORD:
+            formatted = '**' + formatted
+
+        return formatted
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<{} at {:#x} {!r}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__,
+                                           id(self), self.name)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (issubclass(other.__class__, Parameter) and
+                self._name == other._name and
+                self._kind == other._kind and
+                self._default == other._default and
+                self._annotation == other._annotation)
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+
+class BoundArguments:
+    '''Result of `Signature.bind` call.  Holds the mapping of arguments
+    to the function's parameters.
+
+    Has the following public attributes:
+
+    * arguments : OrderedDict
+        An ordered mutable mapping of parameters' names to arguments' values.
+        Does not contain arguments' default values.
+    * signature : Signature
+        The Signature object that created this instance.
+    * args : tuple
+        Tuple of positional arguments values.
+    * kwargs : dict
+        Dict of keyword arguments values.
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, signature, arguments):
+        self.arguments = arguments
+        self._signature = signature
+
+    @property
+    def signature(self):
+        return self._signature
+
+    @property
+    def args(self):
+        args = []
+        for param_name, param in self._signature.parameters.items():
+            if (param.kind in (_VAR_KEYWORD, _KEYWORD_ONLY) or
+                                                    param._partial_kwarg):
+                # Keyword arguments mapped by 'functools.partial'
+                # (Parameter._partial_kwarg is True) are mapped
+                # in 'BoundArguments.kwargs', along with VAR_KEYWORD &
+                # KEYWORD_ONLY
+                break
+
+            try:
+                arg = self.arguments[param_name]
+            except KeyError:
+                # We're done here. Other arguments
+                # will be mapped in 'BoundArguments.kwargs'
+                break
+            else:
+                if param.kind == _VAR_POSITIONAL:
+                    # *args
+                    args.extend(arg)
+                else:
+                    # plain argument
+                    args.append(arg)
+
+        return tuple(args)
+
+    @property
+    def kwargs(self):
+        kwargs = {}
+        kwargs_started = False
+        for param_name, param in self._signature.parameters.items():
+            if not kwargs_started:
+                if (param.kind in (_VAR_KEYWORD, _KEYWORD_ONLY) or
+                                                param._partial_kwarg):
+                    kwargs_started = True
+                else:
+                    if param_name not in self.arguments:
+                        kwargs_started = True
+                        continue
+
+            if not kwargs_started:
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                arg = self.arguments[param_name]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                if param.kind == _VAR_KEYWORD:
+                    # **kwargs
+                    kwargs.update(arg)
+                else:
+                    # plain keyword argument
+                    kwargs[param_name] = arg
+
+        return kwargs
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (issubclass(other.__class__, BoundArguments) and
+                self.signature == other.signature and
+                self.arguments == other.arguments)
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+
+class Signature:
+    '''A Signature object represents the overall signature of a function.
+    It stores a Parameter object for each parameter accepted by the
+    function, as well as information specific to the function itself.
+
+    A Signature object has the following public attributes and methods:
+
+    * parameters : OrderedDict
+        An ordered mapping of parameters' names to the corresponding
+        Parameter objects (keyword-only arguments are in the same order
+        as listed in `code.co_varnames`).
+    * return_annotation : object
+        The annotation for the return type of the function if specified.
+        If the function has no annotation for its return type, this
+        attribute is not set.
+    * bind(*args, **kwargs) -> BoundArguments
+        Creates a mapping from positional and keyword arguments to
+        parameters.
+    * bind_partial(*args, **kwargs) -> BoundArguments
+        Creates a partial mapping from positional and keyword arguments
+        to parameters (simulating 'functools.partial' behavior.)
+    '''
+
+    __slots__ = ('_return_annotation', '_parameters')
+
+    _parameter_cls = Parameter
+    _bound_arguments_cls = BoundArguments
+
+    empty = _empty
+
+    def __init__(self, parameters=None, *, return_annotation=_empty,
+                 __validate_parameters__=True):
+        '''Constructs Signature from the given list of Parameter
+        objects and 'return_annotation'.  All arguments are optional.
+        '''
+
+        if parameters is None:
+            params = OrderedDict()
+        else:
+            if __validate_parameters__:
+                params = OrderedDict()
+                top_kind = _POSITIONAL_ONLY
+
+                for idx, param in enumerate(parameters):
+                    kind = param.kind
+                    if kind < top_kind:
+                        msg = 'wrong parameter order: {} before {}'
+                        msg = msg.format(top_kind, param.kind)
+                        raise ValueError(msg)
+                    else:
+                        top_kind = kind
+
+                    name = param.name
+                    if name is None:
+                        name = str(idx)
+                        param = param.replace(name=name)
+
+                    if name in params:
+                        msg = 'duplicate parameter name: {!r}'.format(name)
+                        raise ValueError(msg)
+                    params[name] = param
+            else:
+                params = OrderedDict(((param.name, param)
+                                                for param in parameters))
+
+        self._parameters = types.MappingProxyType(params)
+        self._return_annotation = return_annotation
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_function(cls, func):
+        '''Constructs Signature for the given python function'''
+
+        if not isinstance(func, types.FunctionType):
+            raise TypeError('{!r} is not a Python function'.format(func))
+
+        Parameter = cls._parameter_cls
+
+        # Parameter information.
+        func_code = func.__code__
+        pos_count = func_code.co_argcount
+        arg_names = func_code.co_varnames
+        positional = tuple(arg_names[:pos_count])
+        keyword_only_count = func_code.co_kwonlyargcount
+        keyword_only = arg_names[pos_count:(pos_count + keyword_only_count)]
+        annotations = func.__annotations__
+        defaults = func.__defaults__
+        kwdefaults = func.__kwdefaults__
+
+        if defaults:
+            pos_default_count = len(defaults)
+        else:
+            pos_default_count = 0
+
+        parameters = []
+
+        # Non-keyword-only parameters w/o defaults.
+        non_default_count = pos_count - pos_default_count
+        for name in positional[:non_default_count]:
+            annotation = annotations.get(name, _empty)
+            parameters.append(Parameter(name, annotation=annotation,
+                                        kind=_POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD))
+
+        # ... w/ defaults.
+        for offset, name in enumerate(positional[non_default_count:]):
+            annotation = annotations.get(name, _empty)
+            parameters.append(Parameter(name, annotation=annotation,
+                                        kind=_POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD,
+                                        default=defaults[offset]))
+
+        # *args
+        if func_code.co_flags & 0x04:
+            name = arg_names[pos_count + keyword_only_count]
+            annotation = annotations.get(name, _empty)
+            parameters.append(Parameter(name, annotation=annotation,
+                                        kind=_VAR_POSITIONAL))
+
+        # Keyword-only parameters.
+        for name in keyword_only:
+            default = _empty
+            if kwdefaults is not None:
+                default = kwdefaults.get(name, _empty)
+
+            annotation = annotations.get(name, _empty)
+            parameters.append(Parameter(name, annotation=annotation,
+                                        kind=_KEYWORD_ONLY,
+                                        default=default))
+        # **kwargs
+        if func_code.co_flags & 0x08:
+            index = pos_count + keyword_only_count
+            if func_code.co_flags & 0x04:
+                index += 1
+
+            name = arg_names[index]
+            annotation = annotations.get(name, _empty)
+            parameters.append(Parameter(name, annotation=annotation,
+                                        kind=_VAR_KEYWORD))
+
+        return cls(parameters,
+                   return_annotation=annotations.get('return', _empty),
+                   __validate_parameters__=False)
+
+    @property
+    def parameters(self):
+        return self._parameters
+
+    @property
+    def return_annotation(self):
+        return self._return_annotation
+
+    def replace(self, *, parameters=_void, return_annotation=_void):
+        '''Creates a customized copy of the Signature.
+        Pass 'parameters' and/or 'return_annotation' arguments
+        to override them in the new copy.
+        '''
+
+        if parameters is _void:
+            parameters = self.parameters.values()
+
+        if return_annotation is _void:
+            return_annotation = self._return_annotation
+
+        return type(self)(parameters,
+                          return_annotation=return_annotation)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if (not issubclass(type(other), Signature) or
+                    self.return_annotation != other.return_annotation or
+                    len(self.parameters) != len(other.parameters)):
+            return False
+
+        other_positions = {param: idx
+                           for idx, param in enumerate(other.parameters.keys())}
+
+        for idx, (param_name, param) in enumerate(self.parameters.items()):
+            if param.kind == _KEYWORD_ONLY:
+                try:
+                    other_param = other.parameters[param_name]
+                except KeyError:
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    if param != other_param:
+                        return False
+            else:
+                try:
+                    other_idx = other_positions[param_name]
+                except KeyError:
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    if (idx != other_idx or
+                                    param != other.parameters[param_name]):
+                        return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+    def _bind(self, args, kwargs, *, partial=False):
+        '''Private method.  Don't use directly.'''
+
+        arguments = OrderedDict()
+
+        parameters = iter(self.parameters.values())
+        parameters_ex = ()
+        arg_vals = iter(args)
+
+        if partial:
+            # Support for binding arguments to 'functools.partial' objects.
+            # See 'functools.partial' case in 'signature()' implementation
+            # for details.
+            for param_name, param in self.parameters.items():
+                if (param._partial_kwarg and param_name not in kwargs):
+                    # Simulating 'functools.partial' behavior
+                    kwargs[param_name] = param.default
+
+        while True:
+            # Let's iterate through the positional arguments and corresponding
+            # parameters
+            try:
+                arg_val = next(arg_vals)
+            except StopIteration:
+                # No more positional arguments
+                try:
+                    param = next(parameters)
+                except StopIteration:
+                    # No more parameters. That's it. Just need to check that
+                    # we have no `kwargs` after this while loop
+                    break
+                else:
+                    if param.kind == _VAR_POSITIONAL:
+                        # That's OK, just empty *args.  Let's start parsing
+                        # kwargs
+                        break
+                    elif param.name in kwargs:
+                        if param.kind == _POSITIONAL_ONLY:
+                            msg = '{arg!r} parameter is positional only, ' \
+                                  'but was passed as a keyword'
+                            msg = msg.format(arg=param.name)
+                            raise TypeError(msg) from None
+                        parameters_ex = (param,)
+                        break
+                    elif (param.kind == _VAR_KEYWORD or
+                                                param.default is not _empty):
+                        # That's fine too - we have a default value for this
+                        # parameter.  So, lets start parsing `kwargs`, starting
+                        # with the current parameter
+                        parameters_ex = (param,)
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        if partial:
+                            parameters_ex = (param,)
+                            break
+                        else:
+                            msg = '{arg!r} parameter lacking default value'
+                            msg = msg.format(arg=param.name)
+                            raise TypeError(msg) from None
+            else:
+                # We have a positional argument to process
+                try:
+                    param = next(parameters)
+                except StopIteration:
+                    raise TypeError('too many positional arguments') from None
+                else:
+                    if param.kind in (_VAR_KEYWORD, _KEYWORD_ONLY):
+                        # Looks like we have no parameter for this positional
+                        # argument
+                        raise TypeError('too many positional arguments')
+
+                    if param.kind == _VAR_POSITIONAL:
+                        # We have an '*args'-like argument, let's fill it with
+                        # all positional arguments we have left and move on to
+                        # the next phase
+                        values = [arg_val]
+                        values.extend(arg_vals)
+                        arguments[param.name] = tuple(values)
+                        break
+
+                    if param.name in kwargs:
+                        raise TypeError('multiple values for argument '
+                                        '{arg!r}'.format(arg=param.name))
+
+                    arguments[param.name] = arg_val
+
+        # Now, we iterate through the remaining parameters to process
+        # keyword arguments
+        kwargs_param = None
+        for param in itertools.chain(parameters_ex, parameters):
+            if param.kind == _POSITIONAL_ONLY:
+                # This should never happen in case of a properly built
+                # Signature object (but let's have this check here
+                # to ensure correct behaviour just in case)
+                raise TypeError('{arg!r} parameter is positional only, '
+                                'but was passed as a keyword'. \
+                                format(arg=param.name))
+
+            if param.kind == _VAR_KEYWORD:
+                # Memorize that we have a '**kwargs'-like parameter
+                kwargs_param = param
+                continue
+
+            param_name = param.name
+            try:
+                arg_val = kwargs.pop(param_name)
+            except KeyError:
+                # We have no value for this parameter.  It's fine though,
+                # if it has a default value, or it is an '*args'-like
+                # parameter, left alone by the processing of positional
+                # arguments.
+                if (not partial and param.kind != _VAR_POSITIONAL and
+                                                    param.default is _empty):
+                    raise TypeError('{arg!r} parameter lacking default value'. \
+                                    format(arg=param_name)) from None
+
+            else:
+                arguments[param_name] = arg_val
+
+        if kwargs:
+            if kwargs_param is not None:
+                # Process our '**kwargs'-like parameter
+                arguments[kwargs_param.name] = kwargs
+            else:
+                raise TypeError('too many keyword arguments')
+
+        return self._bound_arguments_cls(self, arguments)
+
+    def bind(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        '''Get a BoundArguments object, that maps the passed `args`
+        and `kwargs` to the function's signature.  Raises `TypeError`
+        if the passed arguments can not be bound.
+        '''
+        return self._bind(args, kwargs)
+
+    def bind_partial(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        '''Get a BoundArguments object, that partially maps the
+        passed `args` and `kwargs` to the function's signature.
+        Raises `TypeError` if the passed arguments can not be bound.
+        '''
+        return self._bind(args, kwargs, partial=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        result = []
+        render_kw_only_separator = True
+        for idx, param in enumerate(self.parameters.values()):
+            formatted = str(param)
+
+            kind = param.kind
+            if kind == _VAR_POSITIONAL:
+                # OK, we have an '*args'-like parameter, so we won't need
+                # a '*' to separate keyword-only arguments
+                render_kw_only_separator = False
+            elif kind == _KEYWORD_ONLY and render_kw_only_separator:
+                # We have a keyword-only parameter to render and we haven't
+                # rendered an '*args'-like parameter before, so add a '*'
+                # separator to the parameters list ("foo(arg1, *, arg2)" case)
+                result.append('*')
+                # This condition should be only triggered once, so
+                # reset the flag
+                render_kw_only_separator = False
+
+            result.append(formatted)
+
+        rendered = '({})'.format(', '.join(result))
+
+        if self.return_annotation is not _empty:
+            anno = formatannotation(self.return_annotation)
+            rendered += ' -> {}'.format(anno)
+
+        return rendered

Lib/test/test_inspect.py

@@ -1173,13 +1173,934 @@ class TestGetGeneratorState(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertIn(name, str(state))
 
 
+class TestSignatureObject(unittest.TestCase):
+    @staticmethod
+    def signature(func):
+        sig = inspect.signature(func)
+        return (tuple((param.name,
+                       (... if param.default is param.empty else param.default),
+                       (... if param.annotation is param.empty
+                                                        else param.annotation),
+                       str(param.kind).lower())
+                                    for param in sig.parameters.values()),
+                (... if sig.return_annotation is sig.empty
+                                            else sig.return_annotation))
+
+    def test_signature_object(self):
+        S = inspect.Signature
+        P = inspect.Parameter
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(S()), '()')
+
+        def test(po, pk, *args, ko, **kwargs):
+            pass
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        po = sig.parameters['po'].replace(kind=P.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+        pk = sig.parameters['pk']
+        args = sig.parameters['args']
+        ko = sig.parameters['ko']
+        kwargs = sig.parameters['kwargs']
+
+        S((po, pk, args, ko, kwargs))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'wrong parameter order'):
+            S((pk, po, args, ko, kwargs))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'wrong parameter order'):
+            S((po, args, pk, ko, kwargs))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'wrong parameter order'):
+            S((args, po, pk, ko, kwargs))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'wrong parameter order'):
+            S((po, pk, args, kwargs, ko))
+
+        kwargs2 = kwargs.replace(name='args')
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'duplicate parameter name'):
+            S((po, pk, args, kwargs2, ko))
+
+    def test_signature_immutability(self):
+        def test(a):
+            pass
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            sig.foo = 'bar'
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            sig.parameters['a'] = None
+
+    def test_signature_on_noarg(self):
+        def test():
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(test), ((), ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_wargs(self):
+        def test(a, b:'foo') -> 123:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(test),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', ..., 'foo', "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          123))
+
+    def test_signature_on_wkwonly(self):
+        def test(*, a:float, b:str) -> int:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(test),
+                         ((('a', ..., float, "keyword_only"),
+                           ('b', ..., str, "keyword_only")),
+                           int))
+
+    def test_signature_on_complex_args(self):
+        def test(a, b:'foo'=10, *args:'bar', spam:'baz', ham=123, **kwargs:int):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(test),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', 10, 'foo', "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('args', ..., 'bar', "var_positional"),
+                           ('spam', ..., 'baz', "keyword_only"),
+                           ('ham', 123, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., int, "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_builtin_function(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not supported by signature'):
+            inspect.signature(type)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not supported by signature'):
+            # support for 'wrapper_descriptor'
+            inspect.signature(type.__call__)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not supported by signature'):
+            # support for 'method-wrapper'
+            inspect.signature(min.__call__)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError,
+                                     'no signature found for builtin function'):
+            # support for 'method-wrapper'
+            inspect.signature(min)
+
+    def test_signature_on_non_function(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'is not a callable object'):
+            inspect.signature(42)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'is not a Python function'):
+            inspect.Signature.from_function(42)
+
+    def test_signature_on_method(self):
+        class Test:
+            def foo(self, arg1, arg2=1) -> int:
+                pass
+
+        meth = Test().foo
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(meth),
+                         ((('arg1', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('arg2', 1, ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          int))
+
+    def test_signature_on_classmethod(self):
+        class Test:
+            @classmethod
+            def foo(cls, arg1, *, arg2=1):
+                pass
+
+        meth = Test().foo
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(meth),
+                         ((('arg1', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('arg2', 1, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        meth = Test.foo
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(meth),
+                         ((('arg1', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('arg2', 1, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_staticmethod(self):
+        class Test:
+            @staticmethod
+            def foo(cls, *, arg):
+                pass
+
+        meth = Test().foo
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(meth),
+                         ((('cls', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('arg', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        meth = Test.foo
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(meth),
+                         ((('cls', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('arg', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_partial(self):
+        from functools import partial
+
+        def test():
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test)), ((), ...))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "has incorrect arguments"):
+            inspect.signature(partial(test, 1))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "has incorrect arguments"):
+            inspect.signature(partial(test, a=1))
+
+        def test(a, b, *, c, d):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test)),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('d', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1)),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('d', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1, c=2)),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', 2, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('d', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, b=1, c=2)),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', 1, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', 2, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('d', ..., ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 0, b=1, c=2)),
+                         ((('b', 1, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', 2, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('d', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        def test(a, *args, b, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1)),
+                         ((('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1, 2, 3)),
+                         ((('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1, 2, 3, test=True)),
+                         ((('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, 1, 2, 3, test=1, b=0)),
+                         ((('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', 0, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, b=0)),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', 0, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(test, b=0, test=1)),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('args', ..., ..., "var_positional"),
+                           ('b', 0, ..., "keyword_only"),
+                           ('kwargs', ..., ..., "var_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        def test(a, b, c:int) -> 42:
+            pass
+
+        sig = test.__signature__ = inspect.signature(test)
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(partial(test, 1))),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', ..., int, "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          42))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(partial(partial(test, 1), 2)),
+                         ((('c', ..., int, "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          42))
+
+        psig = inspect.signature(partial(partial(test, 1), 2))
+
+        def foo(a):
+            return a
+        _foo = partial(partial(foo, a=10), a=20)
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(_foo),
+                         ((('a', 20, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+        # check that we don't have any side-effects in signature(),
+        # and the partial object is still functioning
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(), 20)
+
+        def foo(a, b, c):
+            return a, b, c
+        _foo = partial(partial(foo, 1, b=20), b=30)
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(_foo),
+                         ((('b', 30, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(c=10), (1, 30, 10))
+        _foo = partial(_foo, 2) # now 'b' has two values -
+                                # positional and keyword
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "has incorrect arguments"):
+            inspect.signature(_foo)
+
+        def foo(a, b, c, *, d):
+            return a, b, c, d
+        _foo = partial(partial(foo, d=20, c=20), b=10, d=30)
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(_foo),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', 10, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('c', 20, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('d', 30, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(a=200, b=11)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (200, 11, 20, 30))
+
+        def foo(a=1, b=2, c=3):
+            return a, b, c
+        _foo = partial(foo, a=10, c=13)
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(11)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (11, 2, 13))
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(11, 12)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (11, 12, 13))
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(11, b=12)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (11, 12, 13))
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(b=12)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (10, 12, 13))
+        _foo = partial(_foo, b=10)
+        ba = inspect.signature(_foo).bind(12, 14)
+        self.assertEqual(_foo(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs), (12, 14, 13))
+
+    def test_signature_on_decorated(self):
+        import functools
+
+        def decorator(func):
+            @functools.wraps(func)
+            def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> int:
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+            return wrapper
+
+        class Foo:
+            @decorator
+            def bar(self, a, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Foo.bar),
+                         ((('self', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Foo().bar),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        # Test that we handle method wrappers correctly
+        def decorator(func):
+            @functools.wraps(func)
+            def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> int:
+                return func(42, *args, **kwargs)
+            sig = inspect.signature(func)
+            new_params = tuple(sig.parameters.values())[1:]
+            wrapper.__signature__ = sig.replace(parameters=new_params)
+            return wrapper
+
+        class Foo:
+            @decorator
+            def __call__(self, a, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Foo.__call__),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Foo().__call__),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_class(self):
+        class C:
+            def __init__(self, a):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(C),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        class CM(type):
+            def __call__(cls, a):
+                pass
+        class C(metaclass=CM):
+            def __init__(self, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(C),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        class CM(type):
+            def __new__(mcls, name, bases, dct, *, foo=1):
+                return super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, dct)
+        class C(metaclass=CM):
+            def __init__(self, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(C),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(CM),
+                         ((('name', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('bases', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('dct', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('foo', 1, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        class CMM(type):
+            def __new__(mcls, name, bases, dct, *, foo=1):
+                return super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, dct)
+            def __call__(cls, nm, bs, dt):
+                return type(nm, bs, dt)
+        class CM(type, metaclass=CMM):
+            def __new__(mcls, name, bases, dct, *, bar=2):
+                return super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, dct)
+        class C(metaclass=CM):
+            def __init__(self, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(CMM),
+                         ((('name', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('bases', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('dct', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('foo', 1, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(CM),
+                         ((('nm', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('bs', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('dt', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword")),
+                          ...))
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(C),
+                         ((('b', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        class CM(type):
+            def __init__(cls, name, bases, dct, *, bar=2):
+                return super().__init__(name, bases, dct)
+        class C(metaclass=CM):
+            def __init__(self, b):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(CM),
+                         ((('name', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('bases', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('dct', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),
+                           ('bar', 2, ..., "keyword_only")),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_callable_objects(self):
+        class Foo:
+            def __call__(self, a):
+                pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Foo()),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        class Spam:
+            pass
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "is not a callable object"):
+            inspect.signature(Spam())
+
+        class Bar(Spam, Foo):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Bar()),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+        class ToFail:
+            __call__ = type
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "not supported by signature"):
+            inspect.signature(ToFail())
+
+
+        class Wrapped:
+            pass
+        Wrapped.__wrapped__ = lambda a: None
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature(Wrapped),
+                         ((('a', ..., ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_on_lambdas(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.signature((lambda a=10: a)),
+                         ((('a', 10, ..., "positional_or_keyword"),),
+                          ...))
+
+    def test_signature_equality(self):
+        def foo(a, *, b:int) -> float: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), 42)
+
+        def bar(a, *, b:int) -> float: pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def bar(a, *, b:int) -> int: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def bar(a, *, b:int): pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def bar(a, *, b:int=42) -> float: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def bar(a, *, c) -> float: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def bar(a, b:int) -> float: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+        def spam(b:int, a) -> float: pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(spam), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def foo(*, a, b, c): pass
+        def bar(*, c, b, a): pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def foo(*, a=1, b, c): pass
+        def bar(*, c, b, a=1): pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def foo(pos, *, a=1, b, c): pass
+        def bar(pos, *, c, b, a=1): pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def foo(pos, *, a, b, c): pass
+        def bar(pos, *, c, b, a=1): pass
+        self.assertNotEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+        def foo(pos, *args, a=42, b, c, **kwargs:int): pass
+        def bar(pos, *args, c, b, a=42, **kwargs:int): pass
+        self.assertEqual(inspect.signature(foo), inspect.signature(bar))
+
+    def test_signature_unhashable(self):
+        def foo(a): pass
+        sig = inspect.signature(foo)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'unhashable type'):
+            hash(sig)
+
+    def test_signature_str(self):
+        def foo(a:int=1, *, b, c=None, **kwargs) -> 42:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(str(inspect.signature(foo)),
+                         '(a:int=1, *, b, c=None, **kwargs) -> 42')
+
+        def foo(a:int=1, *args, b, c=None, **kwargs) -> 42:
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(str(inspect.signature(foo)),
+                         '(a:int=1, *args, b, c=None, **kwargs) -> 42')
+
+        def foo():
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(str(inspect.signature(foo)), '()')
+
+    def test_signature_str_positional_only(self):
+        P = inspect.Parameter
+
+        def test(a_po, *, b, **kwargs):
+            return a_po, kwargs
+
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        new_params = list(sig.parameters.values())
+        new_params[0] = new_params[0].replace(kind=P.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+        test.__signature__ = sig.replace(parameters=new_params)
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(inspect.signature(test)),
+                         '(<a_po>, *, b, **kwargs)')
+
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        new_params = list(sig.parameters.values())
+        new_params[0] = new_params[0].replace(name=None)
+        test.__signature__ = sig.replace(parameters=new_params)
+        self.assertEqual(str(inspect.signature(test)),
+                         '(<0>, *, b, **kwargs)')
+
+    def test_signature_replace_anno(self):
+        def test() -> 42:
+            pass
+
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        sig = sig.replace(return_annotation=None)
+        self.assertIs(sig.return_annotation, None)
+        sig = sig.replace(return_annotation=sig.empty)
+        self.assertIs(sig.return_annotation, sig.empty)
+        sig = sig.replace(return_annotation=42)
+        self.assertEqual(sig.return_annotation, 42)
+        self.assertEqual(sig, inspect.signature(test))
+
+
+class TestParameterObject(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_signature_parameter_kinds(self):
+        P = inspect.Parameter
+        self.assertTrue(P.POSITIONAL_ONLY < P.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD < \
+                        P.VAR_POSITIONAL < P.KEYWORD_ONLY < P.VAR_KEYWORD)
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(P.POSITIONAL_ONLY), 'POSITIONAL_ONLY')
+        self.assertTrue('POSITIONAL_ONLY' in repr(P.POSITIONAL_ONLY))
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_object(self):
+        p = inspect.Parameter('foo', default=10,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+        self.assertEqual(p.name, 'foo')
+        self.assertEqual(p.default, 10)
+        self.assertIs(p.annotation, p.empty)
+        self.assertEqual(p.kind, inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'invalid value'):
+            inspect.Parameter('foo', default=10, kind='123')
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not a valid parameter name'):
+            inspect.Parameter('1', kind=inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError,
+                                     'non-positional-only parameter'):
+            inspect.Parameter(None, kind=inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'cannot have default values'):
+            inspect.Parameter('a', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'cannot have default values'):
+            inspect.Parameter('a', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.VAR_POSITIONAL)
+
+        p = inspect.Parameter('a', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'cannot have default values'):
+            p.replace(kind=inspect.Parameter.VAR_POSITIONAL)
+
+        self.assertTrue(repr(p).startswith('<Parameter'))
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_equality(self):
+        P = inspect.Parameter
+        p = P('foo', default=42, kind=inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY)
+
+        self.assertEqual(p, p)
+        self.assertNotEqual(p, 42)
+
+        self.assertEqual(p, P('foo', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY))
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_unhashable(self):
+        p = inspect.Parameter('foo', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'unhashable type'):
+            hash(p)
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_replace(self):
+        p = inspect.Parameter('foo', default=42,
+                              kind=inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY)
+
+        self.assertIsNot(p, p.replace())
+        self.assertEqual(p, p.replace())
+
+        p2 = p.replace(annotation=1)
+        self.assertEqual(p2.annotation, 1)
+        p2 = p2.replace(annotation=p2.empty)
+        self.assertEqual(p, p2)
+
+        p2 = p2.replace(name='bar')
+        self.assertEqual(p2.name, 'bar')
+        self.assertNotEqual(p2, p)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not a valid parameter name'):
+            p2 = p2.replace(name=p2.empty)
+
+        p2 = p2.replace(name='foo', default=None)
+        self.assertIs(p2.default, None)
+        self.assertNotEqual(p2, p)
+
+        p2 = p2.replace(name='foo', default=p2.empty)
+        self.assertIs(p2.default, p2.empty)
+
+
+        p2 = p2.replace(default=42, kind=p2.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD)
+        self.assertEqual(p2.kind, p2.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD)
+        self.assertNotEqual(p2, p)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'invalid value for'):
+            p2 = p2.replace(kind=p2.empty)
+
+        p2 = p2.replace(kind=p2.KEYWORD_ONLY)
+        self.assertEqual(p2, p)
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_positional_only(self):
+        p = inspect.Parameter(None, kind=inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+        self.assertEqual(str(p), '<>')
+
+        p = p.replace(name='1')
+        self.assertEqual(str(p), '<1>')
+
+    def test_signature_parameter_immutability(self):
+        p = inspect.Parameter(None, kind=inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            p.foo = 'bar'
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            p.kind = 123
+
+
+class TestSignatureBind(unittest.TestCase):
+    @staticmethod
+    def call(func, *args, **kwargs):
+        sig = inspect.signature(func)
+        ba = sig.bind(*args, **kwargs)
+        return func(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs)
+
+    def test_signature_bind_empty(self):
+        def test():
+            return 42
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test), 42)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1, spam=10)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'too many keyword arguments'):
+            self.call(test, spam=1)
+
+    def test_signature_bind_var(self):
+        def test(*args, **kwargs):
+            return args, kwargs
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test), ((), {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1), ((1,), {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2), ((1, 2), {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, foo='bar'), ((), {'foo': 'bar'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, foo='bar'), ((1,), {'foo': 'bar'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, args=10), ((), {'args': 10}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, foo='bar'),
+                         ((1, 2), {'foo': 'bar'}))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_just_args(self):
+        def test(a, b, c):
+            return a, b, c
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 3))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1, 2, 3, 4)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "'b' parameter lacking default"):
+            self.call(test, 1)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "'a' parameter lacking default"):
+            self.call(test)
+
+        def test(a, b, c=10):
+            return a, b, c
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 3))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2), (1, 2, 10))
+
+        def test(a=1, b=2, c=3):
+            return a, b, c
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, a=10, c=13), (10, 2, 13))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, a=10), (10, 2, 3))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, b=10), (1, 10, 3))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_varargs_order(self):
+        def test(*args):
+            return args
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test), ())
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 3))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_args_and_varargs(self):
+        def test(a, b, c=3, *args):
+            return a, b, c, args
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), (1, 2, 3, (4, 5)))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2), (1, 2, 3, ()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, b=1, a=2), (2, 1, 3, ()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, b=2), (1, 2, 3, ()))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     "multiple values for argument 'c'"):
+            self.call(test, 1, 2, 3, c=4)
+
+    def test_signature_bind_just_kwargs(self):
+        def test(**kwargs):
+            return kwargs
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test), {})
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'})
+
+    def test_signature_bind_args_and_kwargs(self):
+        def test(a, b, c=3, **kwargs):
+            return a, b, c, kwargs
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2), (1, 2, 3, {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, 3, {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, b=2, a=1, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, 3, {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, a=1, b=2, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, 3, {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, b=2, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, 3, {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, b=2, c=4, foo='bar', spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, 4, {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 4, foo='bar'),
+                         (1, 2, 4, {'foo': 'bar'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, c=5, a=4, b=3),
+                         (4, 3, 5, {}))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_kwonly(self):
+        def test(*, foo):
+            return foo
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, foo=1), 1)
+
+        def test(a, *, foo=1, bar):
+            return foo
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     "'bar' parameter lacking default value"):
+            self.call(test, 1)
+
+        def test(foo, *, bar):
+            return foo, bar
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, bar=2), (1, 2))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, bar=2, foo=1), (1, 2))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     'too many keyword arguments'):
+            self.call(test, bar=2, foo=1, spam=10)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1, 2)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     'too many positional arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1, 2, bar=2)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     'too many keyword arguments'):
+            self.call(test, 1, bar=2, spam='ham')
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     "'bar' parameter lacking default value"):
+            self.call(test, 1)
+
+        def test(foo, *, bar, **bin):
+            return foo, bar, bin
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, bar=2), (1, 2, {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, foo=1, bar=2), (1, 2, {}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, bar=2, spam='ham'),
+                         (1, 2, {'spam': 'ham'}))
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, spam='ham', foo=1, bar=2),
+                         (1, 2, {'spam': 'ham'}))
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError,
+                                     "'foo' parameter lacking default value"):
+            self.call(test, spam='ham', bar=2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, bar=2, bin=1, spam=10),
+                         (1, 2, {'bin': 1, 'spam': 10}))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_arguments(self):
+        def test(a, *args, b, z=100, **kwargs):
+            pass
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        ba = sig.bind(10, 20, b=30, c=40, args=50, kwargs=60)
+        # we won't have 'z' argument in the bound arguments object, as we didn't
+        # pass it to the 'bind'
+        self.assertEqual(tuple(ba.arguments.items()),
+                         (('a', 10), ('args', (20,)), ('b', 30),
+                          ('kwargs', {'c': 40, 'args': 50, 'kwargs': 60})))
+        self.assertEqual(ba.kwargs,
+                         {'b': 30, 'c': 40, 'args': 50, 'kwargs': 60})
+        self.assertEqual(ba.args, (10, 20))
+
+    def test_signature_bind_positional_only(self):
+        P = inspect.Parameter
+
+        def test(a_po, b_po, c_po=3, foo=42, *, bar=50, **kwargs):
+            return a_po, b_po, c_po, foo, bar, kwargs
+
+        sig = inspect.signature(test)
+        new_params = collections.OrderedDict(tuple(sig.parameters.items()))
+        for name in ('a_po', 'b_po', 'c_po'):
+            new_params[name] = new_params[name].replace(kind=P.POSITIONAL_ONLY)
+        new_sig = sig.replace(parameters=new_params.values())
+        test.__signature__ = new_sig
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.call(test, 1, 2, 4, 5, bar=6),
+                         (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, {}))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "parameter is positional only"):
+            self.call(test, 1, 2, c_po=4)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "parameter is positional only"):
+            self.call(test, a_po=1, b_po=2)
+
+
+class TestBoundArguments(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_signature_bound_arguments_unhashable(self):
+        def foo(a): pass
+        ba = inspect.signature(foo).bind(1)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, 'unhashable type'):
+            hash(ba)
+
+    def test_signature_bound_arguments_equality(self):
+        def foo(a): pass
+        ba = inspect.signature(foo).bind(1)
+        self.assertEqual(ba, ba)
+
+        ba2 = inspect.signature(foo).bind(1)
+        self.assertEqual(ba, ba2)
+
+        ba3 = inspect.signature(foo).bind(2)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ba, ba3)
+        ba3.arguments['a'] = 1
+        self.assertEqual(ba, ba3)
+
+        def bar(b): pass
+        ba4 = inspect.signature(bar).bind(1)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ba, ba4)
+
+
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(
         TestDecorators, TestRetrievingSourceCode, TestOneliners, TestBuggyCases,
         TestInterpreterStack, TestClassesAndFunctions, TestPredicates,
         TestGetcallargsFunctions, TestGetcallargsMethods,
         TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods, TestGetattrStatic, TestGetGeneratorState,
-        TestNoEOL
+        TestNoEOL, TestSignatureObject, TestSignatureBind, TestParameterObject,
+        TestBoundArguments
     )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

Misc/NEWS

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15008: Implement PEP 362 "Signature Objects".
+  Patch by Yury Selivanov.
+
 - Issue: #15138: base64.urlsafe_{en,de}code() are now 3-4x faster.
 
 - Issue #444582: Add shutil.which, for finding programs on the system path.