feat: allow kw-only args after a py::args (#3402)

* Simply has_kw_only_args handling

This simplifies tracking the number of kw-only args by instead tracking
the number of positional arguments (which is really what we care about
everywhere this is used).

* Allow keyword-only arguments to follow py::args

This removes the constraint that py::args has to be last (or
second-last, with py::kwargs) and instead makes py::args imply
py::kw_only for any remaining arguments, allowing you to bind a function
that works the same way as a Python function such as:

    def f(a, *args, b):
        return a * b + sum(args)

    f(10, 1, 2, 3, b=20)  # == 206

With this change, you can bind such a function using:

    m.def("f", [](int a, py::args args, int b) { /* ... */ },
        "a"_a, "b"_a);

Or, to be more explicit about the keyword-only arguments:

    m.def("g", [](int a, py::args args, int b) { /* ... */ },
        "a"_a, py::kw_only{}, "b"_a);

(The only difference between the two is that the latter will fail at
binding time if the `kw_only{}` doesn't match the `py::args` position).

This doesn't affect backwards compatibility at all because, currently,
you can't have a py::args anywhere except the end/2nd-last.

* Take args/kwargs by const lvalue ref

Co-authored-by: Henry Schreiner <HenrySchreinerIII@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Henry Schreiner <HenrySchreinerIII@gmail.com>
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Jason Rhinelander
2021-10-29 00:16:55 -03:00
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@@ -306,8 +306,9 @@ The class ``py::args`` derives from ``py::tuple`` and ``py::kwargs`` derives
from ``py::dict``.
You may also use just one or the other, and may combine these with other
arguments as long as the ``py::args`` and ``py::kwargs`` arguments are the last
arguments accepted by the function.
arguments. Note, however, that ``py::kwargs`` must always be the last argument
of the function, and ``py::args`` implies that any further arguments are
keyword-only (see :ref:`keyword_only_arguments`).
Please refer to the other examples for details on how to iterate over these,
and on how to cast their entries into C++ objects. A demonstration is also
@@ -366,6 +367,8 @@ like so:
py::class_<MyClass>("MyClass")
.def("myFunction", py::arg("arg") = static_cast<SomeType *>(nullptr));
.. _keyword_only_arguments:
Keyword-only arguments
======================
@@ -397,6 +400,15 @@ feature does *not* require Python 3 to work.
.. versionadded:: 2.6
As of pybind11 2.9, a ``py::args`` argument implies that any following arguments
are keyword-only, as if ``py::kw_only()`` had been specified in the same
relative location of the argument list as the ``py::args`` argument. The
``py::kw_only()`` may be included to be explicit about this, but is not
required. (Prior to 2.9 ``py::args`` may only occur at the end of the argument
list, or immediately before a ``py::kwargs`` argument at the end).
.. versionadded:: 2.9
Positional-only arguments
=========================