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authorRicardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>2019-06-18 14:13:48 +0200
committerRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2019-06-18 14:22:23 +0200
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gnu: Add python-backcall.
* gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-backcall): New variable.
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@@ -5062,6 +5062,28 @@ installing @code{kernelspec}s for use with Jupyter frontends.")
(description "The package provides a PARI/GP kernel for Jupyter.")
(license license:gpl3+)))
+(define-public python-backcall
+ (package
+ (name "python-backcall")
+ (version "0.1.0")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (pypi-uri "backcall" version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1r01dqch3f8fdj3n6fviw8hxqrs6w5v0qw4izmvqzry1w9dxiv1q"))))
+ (build-system python-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://github.com/takluyver/backcall/")
+ (synopsis "Specifications for callback functions passed in to an API")
+ (description
+ "If your code lets other people supply callback functions, it's important
+to specify the function signature you expect, and check that functions support
+that. Adding extra parameters later would break other peoples code unless
+you're careful. The @code{backcall} package provides a way of specifying the
+callback signature using a prototype function.")
+ (license license:bsd-3)))
+
;; This is the latest release of the LTS version of ipython with support for
;; Python 2.7 and Python 3.x. Later non-LTS versions starting from 6.0 have
;; dropped support for Python 2.7. We may want to rename this package.