gh-136327: Fix inconsistent TypeError messages regarding invalid values after * and **

Lib/test/pickletester.py

@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ def test_bad_newobj_ex_args(self):
                     with self.assertRaises(TypeError) as cm:
                         self.dumps(obj, proto)
                     self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
-                        'functools.partial() argument after ** must be a mapping, not list')
+                        'Value after ** must be a mapping, not list')
                     self.assertEqual(cm.exception.__notes__, [
                         'when serializing test.pickletester.REX object'])
         else:

Lib/test/test_extcall.py

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     >>> g(*Nothing())
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.g() argument after * must be an iterable, not Nothing
+    TypeError: Value after * must be an iterable, not Nothing
 
     >>> class Nothing:
     ...     def __len__(self): return 5
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     >>> g(*Nothing())
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.g() argument after * must be an iterable, not Nothing
+    TypeError: Value after * must be an iterable, not Nothing
 
     >>> class Nothing():
     ...     def __len__(self): return 5
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     >>> h(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after * must be an iterable, not function
+    TypeError: Value after * must be an iterable, not function
 
     >>> h(1, *h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -281,55 +281,53 @@
     >>> dir(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: dir() argument after * must be an iterable, not function
+    TypeError: Value after * must be an iterable, not function
 
     >>> nothing = None
     >>> nothing(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: None argument after * must be an iterable, \
-not function
+    TypeError: Value after * must be an iterable, not function
 
     >>> h(**h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not function
 
     >>> h(**[])
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not list
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not list
 
     >>> h(a=1, **h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not function
 
     >>> h(a=1, **[])
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not list
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not list
 
     >>> h(**{'a': 1}, **h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not function
 
     >>> h(**{'a': 1}, **[])
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: test.test_extcall.h() argument after ** must be a mapping, not list
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not list
 
     >>> dir(**h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: dir() argument after ** must be a mapping, not function
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not function
 
     >>> nothing(**h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: None argument after ** must be a mapping, \
-not function
+    TypeError: Value after ** must be a mapping, not function
 
     >>> dir(b=1, **{'b': 1})
     Traceback (most recent call last):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-07-08-00-41-46.gh-issue-136327.7AiTb_.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Errors when calling functions with invalid values after ``*`` and ``**`` now do not
+include the function name. Patch by Ilia Solin.

Python/ceval.c

@@ -3264,17 +3264,9 @@ int
 _Py_Check_ArgsIterable(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *func, PyObject *args)
 {
     if (Py_TYPE(args)->tp_iter == NULL && !PySequence_Check(args)) {
-        /* _Py_Check_ArgsIterable() may be called with a live exception:
-         * clear it to prevent calling _PyObject_FunctionStr() with an
-         * exception set. */
-        _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
-        PyObject *funcstr = _PyObject_FunctionStr(func);
-        if (funcstr != NULL) {
-            _PyErr_Format(tstate, PyExc_TypeError,
-                          "%U argument after * must be an iterable, not %.200s",
-                          funcstr, Py_TYPE(args)->tp_name);
-            Py_DECREF(funcstr);
-        }
+        _PyErr_Format(tstate, PyExc_TypeError,
+                      "Value after * must be an iterable, not %.200s",
+                      Py_TYPE(args)->tp_name);
         return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -3290,15 +3282,10 @@ _PyEval_FormatKwargsError(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *func, PyObject *kwarg
      * is not a mapping.
      */
     if (_PyErr_ExceptionMatches(tstate, PyExc_AttributeError)) {
-        _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
-        PyObject *funcstr = _PyObject_FunctionStr(func);
-        if (funcstr != NULL) {
-            _PyErr_Format(
-                tstate, PyExc_TypeError,
-                "%U argument after ** must be a mapping, not %.200s",
-                funcstr, Py_TYPE(kwargs)->tp_name);
-            Py_DECREF(funcstr);
-        }
+        _PyErr_Format(
+            tstate, PyExc_TypeError,
+            "Value after ** must be a mapping, not %.200s",
+            Py_TYPE(kwargs)->tp_name);
     }
     else if (_PyErr_ExceptionMatches(tstate, PyExc_KeyError)) {
         PyObject *exc = _PyErr_GetRaisedException(tstate);