Issue #18326: Clarify that list.sort's arguments are keyword-only.
Also, attempt to reduce confusion in the glossary by not saying there are
different "types" of arguments and parameters.
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index b4465ac..71e4686 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
argument
A value passed to a :term:`function` (or :term:`method`) when calling the
- function. There are two types of arguments:
+ function. There are two kinds of argument:
* :dfn:`keyword argument`: an argument preceded by an identifier (e.g.
``name=``) in a function call or passed as a value in a dictionary
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
parameter
A named entity in a :term:`function` (or method) definition that
specifies an :term:`argument` (or in some cases, arguments) that the
- function can accept. There are five types of parameters:
+ function can accept. There are five kinds of parameter:
* :dfn:`positional-or-keyword`: specifies an argument that can be passed
either :term:`positionally <argument>` or as a :term:`keyword argument
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@
parameters. However, some built-in functions have positional-only
parameters (e.g. :func:`abs`).
+ .. _keyword-only_parameter:
+
* :dfn:`keyword-only`: specifies an argument that can be supplied only
by keyword. Keyword-only parameters can be defined by including a
single var-positional parameter or bare ``*`` in the parameter list
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index fa58a0d..db3ef88 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@
fail, the entire sort operation will fail (and the list will likely be left
in a partially modified state).
+ :meth:`sort` accepts two arguments that can only be passed by keyword
+ (:ref:`keyword-only arguments <keyword-only_parameter>`):
+
*key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a
comparison key from each list element (for example, ``key=str.lower``).
The key corresponding to each item in the list is calculated once and
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 12f3b52..2a8057a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
- Issue #19085: Added basic tests for all tkinter widget options.
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #18326: Clarify that list.sort's arguments are keyword-only. Also,
+ attempt to reduce confusion in the glossary by not saying there are
+ different "types" of arguments and parameters.
+
Build
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