bilby.core.utils.introspection.infer_args_from_function_except_n_args

bilby.core.utils.introspection.infer_args_from_function_except_n_args(func, n=1)[source]

Inspects a function to find its arguments, and ignoring the first n of these, returns a list of arguments from the function’s signature.

This function is intended to allow the handling of named arguments in both functions and methods; this is important, since the first argument of an instance method will be the instance.

Parameters:

funcfunction or method: The function from which the arguments should be inferred.
nint: The number of arguments which should be ignored, staring at the beginning.

Returns:

parameters: list: A list of parameters of the function, omitting the first n.

See also

infer_args_from_method: Provides the arguments for a method
infer_args_from_function: Provides the arguments for a function
infer_args_from_function_except_first_arg: Provides all but first argument of a function or method.

Examples

>>> def hello(a, b, c, d):
>>>     pass
>>>
>>> infer_args_from_function_except_n_args(hello, 2)
['c', 'd']