[3.10] gh-94996: Disallow parsing pos only params with feature_version < (3, 8)

Grammar/python.gram

@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ params[arguments_ty]:
 
 parameters[arguments_ty]:
     | a=slash_no_default b[asdl_arg_seq*]=param_no_default* c=param_with_default* d=[star_etc] {
-        _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, a, NULL, b, c, d) }
+        CHECK_VERSION(arguments_ty, 8, "Positional-only parameters are", _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, a, NULL, b, c, d)) }
     | a=slash_with_default b=param_with_default* c=[star_etc] {
-        _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, NULL, a, NULL, b, c) }
+        CHECK_VERSION(arguments_ty, 8, "Positional-only parameters are", _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, NULL, a, NULL, b, c)) }
     | a[asdl_arg_seq*]=param_no_default+ b=param_with_default* c=[star_etc] {
         _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, NULL, NULL, a, b, c) }
     | a=param_with_default+ b=[star_etc] { _PyPegen_make_arguments(p, NULL, NULL, NULL, a, b)}

Lib/test/test_ast.py

@@ -686,6 +686,14 @@ def test_ast_asdl_signature(self):
         expressions[0] = f"expr = {ast.expr.__subclasses__()[0].__doc__}"
         self.assertCountEqual(ast.expr.__doc__.split("\n"), expressions)
 
+    def test_positional_only_feature_version(self):
+        ast.parse('def foo(x, /): ...', feature_version=(3, 8))
+        ast.parse('def bar(x=1, /): ...', feature_version=(3, 8))
+        with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
+            ast.parse('def foo(x, /): ...', feature_version=(3, 7))
+        with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
+            ast.parse('def bar(x=1, /): ...', feature_version=(3, 7))
+
     def test_parenthesized_with_feature_version(self):
         ast.parse('with (CtxManager() as example): ...', feature_version=(3, 10))
         # While advertised as a feature in Python 3.10, this was allowed starting 3.9
@@ -694,7 +702,7 @@ def test_parenthesized_with_feature_version(self):
             ast.parse('with (CtxManager() as example): ...', feature_version=(3, 8))
         ast.parse('with CtxManager() as example: ...', feature_version=(3, 8))
 
-    def test_issue40614_feature_version(self):
+    def test_debug_f_string_feature_version(self):
         ast.parse('f"{x=}"', feature_version=(3, 8))
         with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
             ast.parse('f"{x=}"', feature_version=(3, 7))

Lib/test/test_type_comments.py

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def test_ignores(self):
         self.assertEqual(tree.type_ignores, [])
 
     def test_longargs(self):
-        for tree in self.parse_all(longargs):
+        for tree in self.parse_all(longargs, minver=8):
             for t in tree.body:
                 # The expected args are encoded in the function name
                 todo = set(t.name[1:])

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-19-04-34-56.gh-issue-94996.dV564A.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:func:`ast.parse` will no longer parse function definitions with positional-only params when passed ``feature_version`` less than ``(3, 8)``. Patch by Shantanu Jain.

Parser/parser.c

@@ -8997,7 +8997,7 @@ parameters_rule(Parser *p)
         )
         {
             D(fprintf(stderr, "%*c+ parameters[%d-%d]: %s succeeded!\n", p->level, ' ', _mark, p->mark, "slash_no_default param_no_default* param_with_default* star_etc?"));
-            _res = _PyPegen_make_arguments ( p , a , NULL , b , c , d );
+            _res = CHECK_VERSION ( arguments_ty , 8 , "Positional-only parameters are" , _PyPegen_make_arguments ( p , a , NULL , b , c , d ) );
             if (_res == NULL && PyErr_Occurred()) {
                 p->error_indicator = 1;
                 p->level--;
@@ -9027,7 +9027,7 @@ parameters_rule(Parser *p)
         )
         {
             D(fprintf(stderr, "%*c+ parameters[%d-%d]: %s succeeded!\n", p->level, ' ', _mark, p->mark, "slash_with_default param_with_default* star_etc?"));
-            _res = _PyPegen_make_arguments ( p , NULL , a , NULL , b , c );
+            _res = CHECK_VERSION ( arguments_ty , 8 , "Positional-only parameters are" , _PyPegen_make_arguments ( p , NULL , a , NULL , b , c ) );
             if (_res == NULL && PyErr_Occurred()) {
                 p->error_indicator = 1;
                 p->level--;