[issue45958] Document typo in unpack_from()
Hian-Kun Tenn
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Dec 2 01:00:20 EST 2021
Hian-Kun Tenn <hiankun at gmail.com> added the comment:
Hi,
I didn't know that and feel sorry to bother you with the non-bug "issue."
Thank you for the quick and thoughtful reply. :-)
Hiankun
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:23 PM Zachary Ware <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
>
> Zachary Ware <zachary.ware at gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> The `/` denotes that `format` is a positional-only argument; you cannot
> make a call like `struct.unpack_from(format=my_format, buffer=my_buffer)`,
> it must be `struct.unpack_from(my_format, buffer=my_buffer)` or
> `struct.unpack_from(my_format, my_buffer)`. The same syntax can be used to
> define your own function with positional-only arguments, see
> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#positional-only-parameters
> or
> https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#function-definitions
>
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> nosy: +zach.ware
> resolution: -> not a bug
> stage: -> resolved
> status: open -> closed
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