Sandbox::https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython/pull/8957

widehyo1 · 2026-10-04T12:09:27Z

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Summary

Reject unsupported keyword arguments before native argument binding and
conversion, matching CPython's dispatch order. For example, id(obj=1) now
raises TypeError: id() takes no keyword arguments instead of a positional
argument binding error.

The existing id(1, **{'foo': 1}) doctest in test_extcall now passes, so
remove its TODO and EXPECTED_FAILURE marker without changing the call or
expected output.

Details

Derive KeywordDispatch policies at registration time from
FromArgs::PARAMS for macro-registered functions and methods, including
nested parameter metadata, without explicit no_keywords annotations.
This policy is independent of flags inferred from Rust signatures.
Forward keyword-capable arguments to the binder. Raw FuncArgs functions
such as min and max retain validation in their function bodies.
Check nonempty kwargs/kwnames before binding and conversion. Unbound
method descriptors first validate positional self presence and type.
Empty keyword dictionaries remain accepted.
Derive C-API policies from actual ml_flags, including the unqualified
diagnostic name used by legacy METH_VARARGS functions.
Preserve the original dynamic registration argument order and add a
keyword_dispatch argument to Context::new_method_def.
Reuse SimpleItemMeta for function attributes and remove the redundant
FunctionItemMeta type.
Consolidate Python behavior regressions in
extra_tests/snippets/syntax_function_args.py, plus a C-API regression
for keyword rejection before NOARGS arity validation.

Automatic keyword dispatch applies to macro-registered functions and
methods. Constructors, slot wrappers, and keyword-capable parsers are not
rewritten. Positional-only arity diagnostics are outside this change.

Context::new_method_def now takes
(name, callable, flags, doc, keyword_dispatch); embedding callers using
the previous signature need to supply the new policy argument. Direct PyMethodDef
struct initializers also need the new keyword_dispatch field.

Testing

Latest validation: temp/extcall/validation/inference-20261006-072918/.

Passed:

Workspace tests and C-API tests (cargo test from crates/capi).
Workspace and C-API Clippy with the separate C-API configuration.
cargo check -p rustpython-vm --no-default-features.
Consolidated keyword regressions in syntax_function_args.py on
RustPython and through the CPython/RustPython snippet harness.
test_call, test_extcall, test_builtin, and test_list via the release
interpreter: 402 tests run, 198 skipped; all four modules passed.
cargo fmt --all --check and git diff --check.

The full extra_tests pytest run reported 477 passed, 7 failed. Six
failures were on CPython (builtin_memoryview, builtin_signature,
stdlib_atexit, stdlib_gc, stdlib_struct, and stdlib_unicode_shared).
The RustPython failure was stdlib_sqlite: _sqlite3 was unavailable in
the default build. The consolidated keyword regressions passed on both interpreters.

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Bug Fixes
- Built-in functions and methods now consistently reject unsupported keyword arguments with clearer errors.
- Method calls now require a positional instance argument, preventing calls that omit self.
- Improved argument validation and error precedence across built-in functions, while preserving supported keyword handling.

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C-API method definitions now select keyword dispatch from method flags. Native function and method descriptor call paths reject unsupported keyword arguments. Method descriptors require a valid positional receiver. Tests cover these checks and keyword handling across built-in functions and methods.

Changes

Native keyword and receiver validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Set keyword dispatch in method definitions `crates/capi/src/methodobject.rs`	Method definitions select keyword dispatch from method flags and pass it to each calling-convention branch. A test checks that a method without keyword support rejects nonempty keywords and accepts an empty keyword dictionary.
Reject unsupported native function keywords `crates/vm/src/builtins/builtin_func.rs`	Native function call paths reject nonempty keyword arguments when the function lacks the `KEYWORDS` flag. Error messages use the function name or qualified name, with a module prefix in applicable cases.
Validate descriptor receivers and built-in arguments `crates/vm/src/builtins/descriptor.rs`, `extra_tests/snippets/syntax_function_args.py`	Method descriptor call paths require and validate positional `self`, and reject unsupported keywords. Tests cover receiver errors, keyword handling, and built-in argument behavior.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: youknowone

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Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b7bf3

The checked call paths reject unsupported keywords before argument conversion or native execution while preserving receiver checks. However, the implementation applies signature-derived policy more broadly than the described audited annotations, and compatibility with external registrations remains unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The relevant attackable surface is Python calls to reachable native functions and method descriptors, including extension callables. The shared registration policy affects many generated callables, but the checked rejection paths do not grant additional native execution authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

observed — PassToBinder is not early validation of every keyword name. Binding can perform argument conversions before detecting leftover unsupported keywords. This is existing binder behavior, not an established PR-introduced vulnerability; binder success still precedes the ordinary bound native function body.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Caller-supplied keywords encounter registration-owned policy before conversion or native invocation on rejecting paths. Descriptor receiver checks remain ahead of keyword diagnostics, and empty keyword collections do not trigger rejection.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

inferred — For calls rejected by keyword policy, the checked paths terminate before executing mutating native methods, so those methods have no partial state change to recover. Compatibility of custom or external registrations with inferred keyword metadata remains unverified.

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github-actions · 2026-10-04T12:10:20Z

📦 Library Dependencies

The following Lib/ modules were modified. Here are their dependencies:

[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_extcall.py (TODO: 7)

dependencies:

dependent tests: (no tests depend on extcall)

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[x] up-to-date, [ ] outdated

youknowone · 2026-10-04T13:43:45Z

 )]
 impl Py<PyList> {
-    #[pymethod]
+    #[pymethod(no_keywords)]


Does no_keyword need to be an explicit marker? when a function take only positional arguments, it is automatically no_keyword. Does CPython distinguish explicit no keyword function and others?

Thank you for the comment. I found no_keyword marker is not necessary. CPython uses ml_flags to distinguish keyword-capable and non-keyword function. CPython rejects keyword arguments with function with ml_flags with METH_O, METH_NOARGS, and METH_FASTCALL without METH_KEYWORDS. So, I agree no_keywords marker is redundant. We can drive the keyword dispatch policy from FromArgs::PARAMS.
I will patch it.

youknowone

Thank you! I left a few comments; though I didn't fully reviewed the design yet.

youknowone · 2026-10-04T15:18:14Z

please merge tests into single test not to sprawl out.
my recommendation is putting both of them into syntax_funcion_args.py

Sure, I’ll merge the tests into syntax_function_args.py.

youknowone · 2026-10-05T11:55:32Z

    }
 }
+
+struct FunctionItemMeta(ItemMetaInner);


do you still need this?

FunctionItemMeta was introduced to support the no_keywords marker. Now that the marker is gone, it is equivalent to SimpleItemMeta, so I’ll remove it.

youknowone · 2026-10-05T11:57:45Z

+    pub name: &'static str,
+    pub flags: PyMethodFlags,
+    pub doc: super::ItemDoc,
+    pub keyword_dispatch: KeywordDispatch,


while all fields are public, it means keyword_dispatch is decidable regardless how its parameters looks like. I don't have a good picture how this is expected to be, but I don't agree to this design.

I introduced MethodDefSpec to simplify the function signature and accommodate future metadata changes, but it isn’t necessary here. Since such changes seem rare, the original new_method_def signature with an additional keyword_dispatch argument should be sufficient.

MethodSpecDef itself might be useful, but at least keyword_dispatch must not be pub

I see. I choose not to make MethodSpecDef this time.

codspeed · 2026-10-06T12:04:49Z

Merging this PR will not alter performance

✅ 62 untouched benchmarks
⏩ 4 skipped benchmarks¹

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fanninpm · 2026-10-07T13:44:20Z

@codspeedbot explain why performance improved

codspeed · 2026-10-07T13:45:14Z

@codspeedbot explain why performance improved

The +11% on `loop_string.py` is noise, not caused by this PR

The whole speedup comes from dictionary probing when the loop writes to the module globals. That cost depends on a random hash seed, not on the keyword-dispatch changes.

Where the time went

I compared the flame graphs of the base run (3e0e401) and the head run (aa4904b):

Function (inclusive time)	Base	Head	Δ
Whole benchmark	936.6 µs	842.7 µs	−93.9 µs
`PyMapping::_ass_subscript` (`STORE_NAME`)	419.3 µs	326.1 µs	−93.2 µs
↳ `Dict::insert`	240.3 µs	147.0 µs	−93.3 µs
↳ `Dict::lookup`	178.7 µs	85.3 µs	−93.4 µs
`execute_for_iter` / `PyStrIterator::next`	174.8 / 74.3 µs	175.2 / 74.4 µs	≈0
`PyDict::hash_or_unhashable`	73.8 µs	73.8 µs	0

Nearly all of the 94 µs is in Dict::lookup. The string iterator, hashing, and the interpreter loop cost the same in both runs, to within 1 µs.

Why `Dict::lookup` changed

The benchmark is for char in string: pass. Each iteration stores char into the module globals dict, which goes through Dict::insert → Dict::lookup.
benches/microbenchmarks.rs builds Settings::default(), which sets hash_seed: None. Each benchmark process therefore picks a random string-hash secret.
That secret decides how many slots Dict::lookup probes before it finds char in the globals table. Some seeds find it right away and some need extra probes, so the benchmark tends to land on one of two levels, about 843 µs or about 937 µs.
main shows the same pattern with no related code changes. Dependency-only bumps (build(deps): bump which from 8.0.5 to 8.0.6 #8978, build(deps): bump bitflags from 2.13.1 to 2.13.2 #8979) moved loop_string.py by about ±11% in the same function. This PR's head simply drew the faster seed.

Why the PR can't cause it

The PR changes the native call path: builtin_func.rs, descriptor.rs, function/signature.rs, and the derive macros. This loop never calls a native function or method descriptor, and none of the changed code appears in either flame graph. Nothing in dict_inner.rs, str.rs, or frame.rs was touched.

Bottom line: the PR has no performance effect on loop_string.py; the improvement can be ignored. To stop these flips, you could set settings.hash_seed = Some(0) in bench_rustpython_code so every run hashes strings the same way. I haven't made that change, since it is outside this PR's scope.

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Investigate the loop_string.py improvement — The whole delta is in the globals-dict lookup, which the hash seed controls. It is not caused by this PR.
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Add explicit keyword dispatch metadata independently of inferred Rust calling flags. Reject nonempty keywords before binding and conversion, while preserving descriptor self checks and keyword-capable calls. Annotate 31 builtins and list.append/list.clear, derive C-API policies from ml_flags, and group dynamic registration metadata in MethodDefSpec. Add regression coverage and remove the id doctest expected-failure marker. Validation: workspace and C-API tests/clippy, VM without doc, keyword regressions, and test_call/test_extcall/test_builtin/test_list passed. The full snippet suite had 475 passes and 7 failures: six CPython-side expectation mismatches and one missing optional SQLite module. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6

Replace no_keywords annotations with registration-time inference from FromArgs::PARAMS, including nested parameter metadata. Forward arguments with keyword-capable parameters to the binder, preserving min/max body validation and descriptor self checks. Add regressions for raw arguments, keyword argument structs, and list.sort. Tested: C-API tests, workspace and C-API Clippy, VM without doc, both keyword regression snippets, and test_call/test_extcall/test_builtin/test_list. Workspace tests reported eight _opcode snapshot failures. The full snippet suite reported 477 passes and seven failures: six CPython-side failures and one RustPython failure due to the missing optional SQLite module. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6

Reuse SimpleItemMeta for pyfunction attributes and remove FunctionItemMeta. Remove MethodDefSpec and restore the original new_method_def arguments with an additional keyword_dispatch parameter, updating its callers. Consolidate keyword dispatch regressions in syntax_function_args.py, preserving their assertions and placing them before builtin shadowing. Validation: workspace and C-API tests/clippy, VM without doc, the combined snippet, and test_extcall/test_builtin/test_list/test_call passed. The full snippet suite reported 477 passes and seven existing failures: six CPython-side failures and one missing optional SQLite module. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6

Remove `KeywordDispatch`, the `keyword_dispatch` field of `PyMethodDef`, `PyMethodDef::with_keyword_dispatch`, `function::keyword_dispatch` and the derive macros' `keyword_dispatch_tokens`. Native functions and method descriptors reject nonempty keywords when `flags` lacks `KEYWORDS`, and report the unqualified name when `flags` contains `VARARGS`. `Context::new_method_def` takes `(name, f, flags, doc)` again. Add a snippet for `int.__new__` called with a keyword argument. Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-opus-5-5

youknowone · 2026-10-09T09:26:38Z

@widehyo1 please take a look. based on #9005

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Infer native calling convention flags from argument metadata #9005

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