Add a decorator to raise a FutureWarning when positional arguments are passed for functions that changed parameter orders

pygmt/helpers/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Functions, classes, decorators, and context managers to help wrap GMT modules.
 """
 from pygmt.helpers.decorators import (
+    check_data_input_order,
     deprecate_parameter,
     fmt_docstring,
     kwargs_to_strings,

pygmt/helpers/decorators.py

@@ -811,3 +811,63 @@ def new_module(*args, **kwargs):
         return new_module
 
     return deprecator
+
+
+def check_data_input_order(deprecate_version, remove_version):
+    """
+    Decorator to raise a FutureWarning if the order of data input parameters
+    changes and positional arguments are passed.
+
+    The decorator is temporary and should be removed in v0.7.0.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    deprecate_version : str
+        The PyGMT version when the order of data input parameters is changed.
+    remove_version : str
+        The PyGMT version when the deprecation warning should be removed.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> @check_data_input_order("v0.0.0", "v9.9.9")
+    ... def module(data=None, x=None, y=None, z=None, **kwargs):
+    ...     "A module that prints the arguments it received"
+    ...     print(f"data={data}, x={x}, y={y}, z={z}")
+    >>> module(data="table.txt")
+    data=table.txt, x=None, y=None, z=None
+    >>> module(x=0, y=1, z=2)
+    data=None, x=0, y=1, z=2
+    >>> with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+    ...     module(0, 1, 2)
+    ...     assert len(w) == 1
+    ...     assert issubclass(w[0].category, FutureWarning)
+    ...
+    data=0, x=1, y=2, z=None
+    """
+
+    def data_input_order_checker(module_func):
+        """
+        The decorator that creates the new function to check if positional
+        arguments are passed.
+        """
+
+        @functools.wraps(module_func)
+        def new_module(*args, **kwargs):
+            """
+            New module instance that raises a warning if positional arguments
+            are passed.
+            """
+            if len(args) > 0:  # positional arguments are used
+                msg = (
+                    "The function parameters has been re-ordered as 'data, x, y, [z]' "
+                    f"since {deprecate_version} but you're passing positional arguments. "
+                    "You can silence the warning by passing keyword arguments "
+                    "like 'x=x, y=y, z=z'. Otherwise, the warning will be removed "
+                    f"in {remove_version}."
+                )
+                warnings.warn(msg, category=FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
+            return module_func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return new_module
+
+    return data_input_order_checker