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created_at = <Date 2017-04-27.00:51:02.518>
labels = ['docs']
title = 'PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords supports required keyword only arguments'
updated_at = <Date 2017-05-01.06:16:33.348>
user = 'https://github.com/llllllllll'

activity = <Date 2017-05-01.06:16:33.348>
actor = 'xiang.zhang'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
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components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2017-04-27.00:51:02.518>
creator = 'llllllllll'
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hgrepos = []
issue_num = 30180
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message_count = 1.0
messages = ['292385']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'llllllllll', 'xiang.zhang']
pr_nums = ['1290']
priority = 'normal'
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status = 'open'
superseder = None
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30180'
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1. llllllllll commented on Apr 27, 2017

   

   llllllllllmannequin

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   I opened a pr to remove a line in the docs about $ needing to follow | in PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords. In practice, you can just use a $ to create required keyword arguments which intuitively makes sense. I was told this should raise a SystemError; however, you can create required keyword only arguments in Python so I am not sure why we would want to fail when this is done with PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords.
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5. serhiy-storchaka

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   Merge branch 'main' into pythongh-74366-kwonly-doc

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   gh-74366: Fix the documentation of "$" in PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords…

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   [3.13] gh-74366: Fix the documentation of "$" in PyArg_ParseTupleAndK…

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   [3.15] gh-74366: Fix the documentation of "$" in PyArg_ParseTupleAndK…

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   added a commit that references this issue on Aug 14, 2026

   pythongh-74366: Fix the documentation of "$" in PyArg_ParseTupleAndKe…

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