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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst index d5e4703..f932997 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst @@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`. :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will use this location as the buffer and interpret the initial value of *\*buffer_length* as the buffer size. It will then copy the encoded data into the buffer and NUL-terminate it. If the buffer is not large - enough, a :exc:`TypeError` will be set. - Note: starting from Python 3.6 a :exc:`ValueError` will be set. + enough, a :exc:`ValueError` will be set. In both cases, *\*buffer_length* is set to the length of the encoded data without the trailing NUL byte. @@ -424,8 +423,15 @@ API Functions .. c:function:: int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], ...) Parse the parameters of a function that takes both positional and keyword - parameters into local variables. Returns true on success; on failure, it - returns false and raises the appropriate exception. + parameters into local variables. The *keywords* argument is a + *NULL*-terminated array of keyword parameter names. Empty names denote + :ref:`positional-only parameters <positional-only_parameter>`. + Returns true on success; on failure, it returns false and raises the + appropriate exception. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Added support for :ref:`positional-only parameters + <positional-only_parameter>`. .. c:function:: int PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], va_list vargs) |