Allow deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments to not specify version, show class name

pandas/io/excel/_base.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(allowed_args=2, version="2.0")
+@deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(allowed_args=["io", "sheet_name"], version="2.0")
 @Appender(_read_excel_doc)
 def read_excel(
     io,

pandas/tests/util/test_deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_three_positional_argument_with_warning_message_analysis():
         for actual_warning in w:
             assert actual_warning.category == FutureWarning
             assert str(actual_warning.message) == (
-                "Starting with Pandas version 1.1 all arguments of g "
+                "Starting with pandas version 1.1 all arguments of g "
                 "except for the argument 'a' will be keyword-only"
             )
 
@@ -96,6 +96,21 @@ def test_one_positional_argument_with_warning_message_analysis():
         for actual_warning in w:
             assert actual_warning.category == FutureWarning
             assert str(actual_warning.message) == (
-                "Starting with Pandas version 1.1 all arguments "
+                "Starting with pandas version 1.1 all arguments "
                 "of h will be keyword-only"
             )
+
+
+class Foo:
+    @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(version=None, allowed_args=["self", "bar"])
+    def baz(self, bar=None, foobar=None):
+        ...
+
+
+def test_class():
+    msg = (
+        r"In a future version of pandas all arguments of Foo\.baz "
+        r"except for the argument \'bar\' will be keyword-only"
+    )
+    with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+        Foo().baz("qux", "quox")

pandas/util/_decorators.py

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> Callable[..., Any]:
     return _deprecate_kwarg
 
 
-def _format_argument_list(allow_args: list[str] | int):
+def _format_argument_list(allow_args: list[str]):
     """
     Convert the allow_args argument (either string or integer) of
     `deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments` function to a string describing
@@ -231,21 +231,16 @@ def _format_argument_list(allow_args: list[str] | int):
 
     Examples
     --------
-    `format_argument_list(0)` -> ''
-    `format_argument_list(1)` -> 'except for the first argument'
-    `format_argument_list(2)` -> 'except for the first 2 arguments'
     `format_argument_list([])` -> ''
     `format_argument_list(['a'])` -> "except for the arguments 'a'"
     `format_argument_list(['a', 'b'])` -> "except for the arguments 'a' and 'b'"
     `format_argument_list(['a', 'b', 'c'])` ->
         "except for the arguments 'a', 'b' and 'c'"
     """
+    if "self" in allow_args:
+        allow_args.remove("self")
     if not allow_args:
         return ""
-    elif allow_args == 1:
-        return " except for the first argument"
-    elif isinstance(allow_args, int):
-        return f" except for the first {allow_args} arguments"
     elif len(allow_args) == 1:
         return f" except for the argument '{allow_args[0]}'"
     else:
@@ -254,9 +249,17 @@ def _format_argument_list(allow_args: list[str] | int):
         return f" except for the arguments {args} and '{last}'"
 
 
+def future_version_msg(version: str | None) -> str:
+    """Specify which version of pandas the deprecation will take place in."""
+    if version is None:
+        return "In a future version of pandas"
+    else:
+        return f"Starting with pandas version {version}"
+
+
 def deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(
-    version: str,
-    allowed_args: list[str] | int | None = None,
+    version: str | None,
+    allowed_args: list[str] | None = None,
     stacklevel: int = 2,
 ) -> Callable:
     """
@@ -266,14 +269,13 @@ def deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(
     ----------
     version : str
         The version in which positional arguments will become
-        keyword-only.
+        keyword-only. If None, then the warning message won't
+        specify any particular version.
 
-    allowed_args : list or int, optional
+    allowed_args : list, optional
         In case of list, it must be the list of names of some
         first arguments of the decorated functions that are
-        OK to be given as positional arguments. In case of an
-        integer, this is the number of positional arguments
-        that will stay positional. In case of None value,
+        OK to be given as positional arguments. In case of None value,
         defaults to list of all arguments not having the
         default value.
 
@@ -294,14 +296,11 @@ def decorate(func):
         @wraps(func)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             arguments = _format_argument_list(allow_args)
-            if isinstance(allow_args, (list, tuple)):
-                num_allow_args = len(allow_args)
-            else:
-                num_allow_args = allow_args
+            num_allow_args = len(allow_args)
             if len(args) > num_allow_args:
                 msg = (
-                    f"Starting with Pandas version {version} all arguments of "
-                    f"{func.__name__}{arguments} will be keyword-only"
+                    f"{future_version_msg(version)} all arguments of "
+                    f"{func.__qualname__}{arguments} will be keyword-only"
                 )
                 warnings.warn(msg, FutureWarning, stacklevel=stacklevel)
             return func(*args, **kwargs)