How to get method parameter names?

Question

Given the Python function:

def a_method(arg1, arg2):
    pass

How can I extract the number and names of the arguments. I.e., given that I h

Answer 1

I think what you're looking for is the locals method -

In [6]: def test(a, b):print locals()
   ...: 

In [7]: test(1,2)              
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}