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Summary

Follow-up to #9386, which gave several native types constructors of their own. This addresses the CodeRabbit finding on that PR and the other differences from CPython 3.14 found by comparing the same types.

  • _grouper registration: itertools._grouper(parent, key) now becomes the current grouper of parent. Before, a directly constructed grouper stopped on its first __next__, even when parent still had values for key.
  • Positional-only binding: FromArgs gains TAKES_NO_KEYWORDS, computed at compile time from PARAMS. When it is true, bind_for reports keywords (f() takes no keyword arguments), then too many or too few positional arguments, before converting any argument. This changes error messages and order for every positional-only function using it, not which calls succeed.
  • expected in #[pyarg]: #[pyarg(positional, expected = "...")] reports a failed conversion as f() argument N must be T, not U (_PyArg_BadArgument).
  • _grouper arguments: GrouperArgs stays a derived FromArgs. With the two items above, its messages and check order match the clinic wrapper.
  • object_new allocation: object.__new__ now allocates through the type's tp_alloc slot instead of calling generic_alloc directly. A new alloc_default helper allocates a Default payload.
  • FutureIter and TaskStepMethWrapper: both are flagged HEAPTYPE and drop their own constructors, so they inherit object.__new__. Their alloc slots allocate an empty payload. object.__new__(T) now succeeds, __new__ is no longer in their __dict__, and arguments raise _asyncio.FutureIter() takes no arguments.
  • Excess-argument errors: object.__new__ and object.__init__ use the slot name, so native types report dotted names such as _io._IOBase() takes no arguments. Classes created at runtime are unchanged.
  • _testinternalcapi: hamt() ignores its arguments. InstructionSequence raises the InstructionSequenceType() takes no positional/keyword arguments errors on the exact type. Both take FuncArgs in py_new and need no slot_new override.

Test

All on the final code, based on cc5191338, except that two comments in bind_for were added after the builds below.

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check, cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --features threading ... -D warnings and cargo test --workspace --features threading ... pass.
  • -m test on test_call, test_itertools, test_asyncio, test_descr, test_class, test_io, test_abc, test_types, test_builtin, test_pickle, test_copy, test_dis, test_code, test_inspect, test_functools, test_collections, test_deque, test_struct, test_array, test_bytes, test_str, test_list, test_dict, test_set, test_tuple, test_float, test_int, test_math, test_operator, test_re, test_sys and test_exceptions: no failures and no unexpected successes.
  • extra_tests/snippets/vm_argument_errors.py, with new _grouper cases, passes on this build and on CPython 3.14.
  • Comparison scripts run on this build and on CPython 3.14 cover T(), T(1), T(x=1), T.__new__(T), object.__new__(T), subclassing, __new__ in __dict__ and the _grouper cases. The only differences are the ones listed below and object addresses.

Not run for these commits: wasm targets and crates/capi tests.

Not changed

  • _grouper has no HEAPTYPE flag.
  • The tp_name of hamt and InstructionSequence includes the module name.
  • Type initialization does not reject a native HEAPTYPE type that inherits its base's tp_alloc with a different payload. A check on basicsize would panic on _IOBase on 32-bit wasm, so it is left out. I did not sweep the existing native HEAPTYPE types for this case.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved class handling when creating certain built-in objects, including subclasses.
    • Improved constructor argument validation for instruction sequences and grouping iterators, including checks for argument counts, unsupported keywords, and invalid argument types.
    • Argument errors now provide more specific details, including clearer type names and expected argument types.

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Minor Compute the expected argument position from the Python argument index.

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Review comments at @crates/derive-impl/src/from_args.rs:
- Around line 203-210: Update `generate_field` so the `pos` used for
`ArgumentError::BadArgument` reflects the Python positional argument index, not
the Rust field index; account for arguments consumed before the field, or reject
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Object allocation now uses class allocator slots with a generic fallback. Argument binding adds positional-only expected-type errors and early keyword checks. Selected native constructors and itertools grouper construction use updated argument-handling paths.

Changes: Native allocation and constructor behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Default allocation and heap-type slots
crates/vm/src/builtins/object.rs, crates/vm/src/builtins/mod.rs, crates/stdlib/src/_asyncio.rs
slot_new calls the class allocator slot and falls back to generic_alloc. The new alloc_default creates a default payload and adds an instance dictionary when HAS_DICT is set. PyFutureIter and TaskStepMethWrapper use alloc_default through slot_alloc. No-arguments errors use slot_name().
Argument metadata and conversion errors
crates/derive-impl/src/from_args.rs, crates/derive/src/lib.rs, crates/vm/src/function/signature.rs, crates/vm/src/function/argument.rs
FromArgs supports the positional-only expected option for conversion errors. Argument binding derives whether parameters reject keywords and checks keywords and insufficient positional arguments before conversion. New error formatting reports rejected keywords and unexpected argument types.
Native constructor argument handling
crates/vm/src/stdlib/_testinternalcapi.rs, crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs, extra_tests/snippets/vm_argument_errors.py
Hamt accepts FuncArgs without validating them. InstructionSequence rejects arguments for the exact base class but skips those checks for subclasses. PyItertoolsGrouper binds its arguments and records itself as its parent’s current grouper. Tests cover grouper argument errors and iteration. PyItertoolsChain.py_new now panics as unimplemented.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant ArgumentBinder
  participant ArgumentConverter
  participant Callee
  Caller->>ArgumentBinder: Provide positional and keyword arguments
  ArgumentBinder->>ArgumentBinder: Check keyword acceptance and positional arity
  ArgumentBinder->>ArgumentConverter: Convert arguments after binding checks
  ArgumentConverter-->>ArgumentBinder: Return converted values or conversion error
  ArgumentBinder->>Callee: Format no-keyword or bad-argument error
  Callee-->>Caller: Return Python exception
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  • RustPython/RustPython#9386 — This PR updates constructor allocation and argument behavior for native types covered by that earlier constructor work.

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The change is mergeable with a bounded follow-up: some supported argument-derive layouts can report an incorrect argument number, but the current grouper usage reports it correctly.

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#[derive(FromArgs)]
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I prefer to use GrouperArgs when possible. what was the problem?

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There was no real need to remove it. I asked for exact message parity, and hand-written parsing was the shortcut. derive(FromArgs) could not express three cases:

  • _grouper(1) converted parent before noticing too few arguments.
  • _grouper(x=1) reported the argument count instead of takes no keyword arguments.
  • _grouper(1, "a") could not say argument 1 must be itertools.groupby, not int, because error_msg is a fixed string.

All three are gaps in the binding layer, not specific to _grouper, so I fixed them there and restored GrouperArgs:

  • de050399b adds a compile-time FromArgs::TAKES_NO_KEYWORDS. bind_for uses it to check keywords and the argument count before converting anything.
  • The same commit adds #[pyarg(positional, expected = "...")].
  • 942c62320 restores GrouperArgs and a real py_new.

The first commit changes messages and check order for other positional-only functions too, though not which calls succeed. If you would rather have that in its own PR, I can split it out.

— commented by Claude

itertools._grouper(parent, tgtkey) now makes the new grouper the current
grouper of parent, as _grouper_create does. Before, the grouper was not
current and stopped on the first call to __next__.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
object.__new__ and object.__init__ format their "takes no arguments" and
"takes exactly one argument" errors with the type's slot name instead of
its __name__, so a native type reports its dotted name, for example
"_io._IOBase() takes no arguments".

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
object.__new__ now allocates the instance through the type's alloc slot
instead of calling generic_alloc directly. alloc_default allocates a
Default payload with the same HAS_DICT handling as generic_alloc.

_asyncio.FutureIter and TaskStepMethWrapper are flagged HEAPTYPE and
drop their own constructors, so they inherit object.__new__; their alloc
slots allocate an empty payload. object.__new__ on these types now
succeeds, __new__ is no longer in their __dict__, and calling them with
arguments raises "_asyncio.FutureIter() takes no arguments".

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
_grouper.__new__ rejects keyword arguments when called on _grouper
itself, then requires exactly two positional arguments, then requires the
first to be a groupby, with the messages "_grouper() takes no keyword
arguments", "_grouper expected 2 arguments, got N" and "_grouper()
argument 1 must be itertools.groupby, not T".

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
…ments

hamt() ignores its arguments and returns an empty hamt. On the exact
InstructionSequence type, positional arguments raise
"InstructionSequenceType() takes no positional arguments" and keyword
arguments raise "InstructionSequenceType() takes no keyword arguments".

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
FromArgs gains TAKES_NO_KEYWORDS, computed at compile time from PARAMS.
When it is true, FuncArgs::bind_for reports keywords as "f() takes no
keyword arguments", then too many or too few positional arguments, before
converting any argument. Before, too few arguments and keywords were
reported after conversion, with different messages. Which calls succeed
does not change.

#[pyarg(positional, expected = "...")] reports a failed conversion as
"f() argument N must be T, not U", through the new
ArgumentError::BadArgument.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
_grouper's slot_new goes back to binding a derived GrouperArgs instead of
parsing its arguments by hand, and py_new builds the payload again. The
error messages are unchanged and are now covered in vm_argument_errors.py.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7
…uctors

Both types drop their slot_new overrides and take FuncArgs in py_new.
Behavior is unchanged.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7

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- Around line 203-210: Update `generate_field` so the `pos` used for
`ArgumentError::BadArgument` reflects the Python positional argument index, not
the Rust field index; account for arguments consumed before the field, or reject
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  • crates/vm/src/function/signature.rs
  • crates/vm/src/stdlib/_testinternalcapi.rs
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Comment on lines +203 to +210
let pos = i + 1;
quote! {
.map(|x| {
let found = x.clone();
::rustpython_vm::convert::TryFromObject::try_from_object(vm, x).map_err(|_| {
::rustpython_vm::function::ArgumentError::BadArgument {
pos: #pos,
expected: #expected,

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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Compute the expected argument position from the Python argument index.

generate_field sets pos to the Rust field index plus one. A flattened field or a _phantom field takes an index but does not add one fixed positional argument, so a later expected field can report the wrong position. Count the positional arguments consumed before the field, or reject expected when a preceding field is flattened or _phantom.

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Review comment at @crates/derive-impl/src/from_args.rs around lines 203 - 210:
Update `generate_field` so the `pos` used for `ArgumentError::BadArgument`
reflects the Python positional argument index, not the Rust field index; account
for arguments consumed before the field, or reject `expected` when a preceding
field is flattened or `_phantom` and its position cannot be determined reliably.

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#[derive(FromArgs)]
struct GrouperArgs {
#[pyarg(positional)]
#[pyarg(positional, expected = "itertools.groupby")]

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why do we need to specify the name itertools.groupby here?
PyItertoolsGroupBy is a type. isn't it availble to describe it itself?

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