[issue21928] Incorrect reference to partial() in functools.wraps documentation

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- assignee: docs@python -> ezio.melotti resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue21928] Incorrect reference to partial() in functools.wraps documentation

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 9e3c367b45a1 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.4': #21928: clarify functools.wraps docs. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9e3c367b45a1 New changeset 5a58f6e793cc by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #21928: merge with 3.4. http://hg.python.org/cpython/re

[issue21928] Incorrect reference to partial() in functools.wraps documentation

R. David Murray added the comment: I would rewrite it as: This is a convenience function for invoking update_wrapper() as a function decorator when defining a wrapper function. It is equivalent to partial(update_wrapper, wrapped=wrapped, assigned=assigned, updated=updated). For example: --

[issue21928] Incorrect reference to partial() in functools.wraps documentation

Ezio Melotti added the comment: The docstring is correct, as this is how wraps is implemented (see Lib/functools.py#l73). partial(update_wrapper, wrapped=wrapped, assigned=assigned, updated=updated) will return a partial version of update_wrapper() where only the wrapper argument is missing.

[issue21928] Incorrect reference to partial() in functools.wraps documentation

New submission from Dustin Oprea: functools.wraps docs say "This is a convenience function for invoking partial(update_wrapper, wrapped=wrapped, assigned=assigned, updated=updated) as a function decorator when defining a wrapper function." The referenced function should be update_wrapper(), no