[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

J Arun Mani added the comment: Hi. Thanks for your follow-up. I created a PR, since I signed CLA today, the PR has some labels indicating it. :p Thanks -- nosy: -python-dev ___ Python tracker _

[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

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[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

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[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard added the comment: A simple substitution of 'types' with 'kind' should do it. This aligns with the terminology [1] used in the glossary. [1] https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-parameter -- nosy: +Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard ___

[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

Rémi Lapeyre added the comment: Hi, thanks for pointing this out. I think "type" here is not about the type of the object but whether it is: - positional-only - positional or keyword - variadic positional - keyword-only - variadic keyword The wording could certainly be improved as it is

[issue40846] Misleading line in documentation

New submission from J Arun Mani : Hi. In docs : https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html#faq-argument-vs-parameter it says "Parameters define what types of arguments a function can accept." This is not true. Python's functions do not impose any type checking or raise error when the a