1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
index 8b9dc507138..ea16eef841c 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class Future(object):
 class Executor(object):
     """This is an abstract base class for concrete asynchronous executors."""
 
-    def submit(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
+    def submit(*args, **kwargs):
         """Submits a callable to be executed with the given arguments.
 
         Schedules the callable to be executed as fn(*args, **kwargs) and returns
@@ -553,6 +553,19 @@ class Executor(object):
         Returns:
             A Future representing the given call.
         """
+        if len(args) >= 2:
+            pass
+        elif not args:
+            raise TypeError("descriptor 'submit' of 'Executor' object "
+                            "needs an argument")
+        elif 'fn' in kwargs:
+            import warnings
+            warnings.warn("Passing 'fn' as keyword argument is deprecated",
+                          DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('submit expected at least 1 positional argument, '
+                            'got %d' % (len(args)-1))
+
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def map(self, fn, *iterables, timeout=None, chunksize=1):