"""Robust apply mechanism Provides a function "call", which can sort out what arguments a given callable object can take, and subset the given arguments to match only those which are acceptable. """ import sys if sys.hexversion >= 0x3000000: im_func = '__func__' im_self = '__self__' im_code = '__code__' func_code = '__code__' else: im_func = 'im_func' im_self = 'im_self' im_code = 'im_code' func_code = 'func_code' def function(receiver): """Get function-like callable object for given receiver returns (function_or_method, codeObject, fromMethod) If fromMethod is true, then the callable already has its first argument bound """ if hasattr(receiver, '__call__'): # Reassign receiver to the actual method that will be called. if hasattr(receiver.__call__, im_func) or hasattr(receiver.__call__, im_code): receiver = receiver.__call__ if hasattr(receiver, im_func): # an instance-method... return receiver, getattr(getattr(receiver, im_func), func_code), 1 elif not hasattr(receiver, func_code): raise ValueError('unknown receiver type %s %s' % (receiver, type(receiver))) return receiver, getattr(receiver, func_code), 0 def robustApply(receiver, *arguments, **named): """Call receiver with arguments and an appropriate subset of named """ receiver, codeObject, startIndex = function(receiver) acceptable = codeObject.co_varnames[startIndex+len(arguments):codeObject.co_argcount] for name in codeObject.co_varnames[startIndex:startIndex+len(arguments)]: if name in named: raise TypeError( """Argument %r specified both positionally and as a keyword""" """ for calling %r""" % (name, receiver) ) if not (codeObject.co_flags & 8): # fc does not have a **kwds type parameter, therefore # remove unacceptable arguments. for arg in list(named): if arg not in acceptable: del named[arg] return receiver(*arguments, **named)