Python list function argument names

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Answer 1

Use the inspect module from Python's standard library (the cleanest, most solid way to perform introspection).

Specifically, inspect.getargspec(f) returns the names and default values of f's arguments -- if you only want the names and don't care about special forms *a, **k,

import inspect

def magical_way(f):
    return inspect.getargspec(f)[0]

completely meets your expressed requirements.