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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-131885: Update location of positional-only parameter indicator for `eval` and `exec` in the documentation by gapplef · Pull Request #139978 · python/cpython

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@gapplef gapplef commented Oct 12, 2025 •
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Fix incorrect location of positional-only parameter indicator for eval and exec in the documentation

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  • Issue: Update function signatures to use * and / as needed #131885

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Update location of positional-only parameter indicator for eval and…
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Fix incorrect location of positional-only parameter indicator for `eval` and `exec`
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@StanFromIreland StanFromIreland changed the title Update location of positional-only parameter indicator for eval and exec in the documentation gh-131885: Update location of positional-only parameter indicator for eval and exec in the documentation Oct 12, 2025
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Update function signatures to use * and / as needed #131885
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This is wrong since 2770d5c (see versionchanged notes).

For example, globals can be passed as a positional argument:

>>> eval("x + 1", {'x': 1})
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Closing since the current implementation accepts keyword-arguments.
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@picnixz May I ask which version you've tested?

>>> import sys
>>> sys.version
'3.12.11 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jun  4 2025, 14:45:31) [GCC 13.3.0]'

>>> eval( "x + 1", globals={'x': 1})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: eval() takes no keyword arguments

>>> exec( "x + 1", globals={'x': 1})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'globals' is an invalid keyword argument for exec()
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Python 3.13 and later. We don't update 3.12 anymore (except for security fixes).
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OK, Thanks!
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