function parameters (from WIKI)

Mark Hahn:
Formal function parameters are stored in an attribute of the function called
fparams_.

Lenard Lindstrom:
I gather the current fparams_ is an interim solution. What will the final
format be?

Mark: Try it and see. It is pretty much as final as anything else is in
Prothon.

Lenard: Will all functions have an fparam_, even those without parameters?

Mark: Hmm, I don't remember. Try it and see.

Lenard: This is a good start. I have a working inspect.getparspec() function
now. But the default argument values come across as featureless:

Prothon 0.1 Interactive Console, Build 660, Jun 24 2004 (Ctrl-D to exit)
>> import inspect
>> def foo(x, y=1, z=2, *a, **k): pass
>> print(inspect.getparspec(foo))

[[$x, $y, $z], $a, $k, [<Object:8ef5a0>, <Object:8ef5c0>]]
>>

Object <Object:8ef5a0> should be "1". But default values in fparams_ have no
attributes and I cannot get at the values they represent. Is this a result
of evaluation of default values for each function call? Is there any way to
make the values available for constant defaults?

Mark Hahn: Some are function objects that load the constant data. They run
at call time. We need the equivalent of str_ for them that actually runs
them to see what they produce. Others are unique (singleton) objects that
represent the * and ** symbols. These unique objects will produce a name
like Star and StarStar when you call str_ on them.

Lenard Lindstrom: Evaluating a default to get its value is of little use
since it can change from call to call. An attribute giving, as a string, the
actual expression that was compiled to the default expression function would
be useful. I will also just have to add a default value option to the doc
string format.