clarify trailing comma in function argument list
authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:57:33 +0000 (18:57 +0000)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:57:33 +0000 (18:57 +0000)
(SF bug #798652)

Doc/ref/ref5.tex
Doc/ref/ref7.tex

index c7e5fd7683d6353229e1c5bc933d1d1998e51daf..036533ca74cf08d847bb4a5a1d7a90ad7024a33e 100644 (file)
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ series of arguments:
              {\token{identifier} "=" \token{expression}}
 \end{productionlist}
 
-A trailing comma may be present after an argument list but does not
-affect the semantics.
+A trailing comma may be present after the positional and keyword
+arguments but does not affect the semantics.
 
 The primary must evaluate to a callable object (user-defined
 functions, built-in functions, methods of built-in objects, class
index 88c548c1c52f8c2b0524c06b99c1a29a672010b1..92ee6552b1558e91c2935e98093c891ee6a5d737 100644 (file)
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@ section~\ref{types}):
   \production{decorator}
              {"@" \token{dotted_name} ["(" [\token{argument_list} [","]] ")"] NEWLINE}
   \production{parameter_list}
-             {(\token{defparameter} ",")*}
-  \productioncont{("*" \token{identifier} [, "**" \token{identifier}]}
-  \productioncont{| "**" \token{identifier}
-                  | \token{defparameter} [","])}
+                 {(\token{defparameter} ",")*}
+  \productioncont{(~~"*" \token{identifier} [, "**" \token{identifier}]}
+  \productioncont{ | "**" \token{identifier}}
+  \productioncont{ | \token{defparameter} [","] )}
   \production{defparameter}
              {\token{parameter} ["=" \token{expression}]}
   \production{sublist}