Add suggestion about keyword arguments to this error message: "builtins.TypeError: my_func() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given"

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked issue22652.patch and the original issue22652 discussion to understand the proposed wording and the interpreter behavior it targets. Done means adding a useful keyword-argument suggestion to this TypeError message while preserving the existing error behavior.

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Description

3.9 (EOL) interpreter-core type-feature
BPO 22652
Nosy @terryjreedy, @bitdancer, @cool-RR, @serhiy-storchaka, @ztane, @ajdavis
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-10-16.10:33:37.182>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.9']
title = 'Add suggestion about keyword arguments to this error message: "builtins.TypeError: my_func() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given"'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-15.15:07:20.596>
user = 'https://github.com/cool-RR'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-05-15.15:07:20.596>
actor = 'emptysquare'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2014-10-16.10:33:37.182>
creator = 'cool-RR'
dependencies = []
files = ['38929']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22652
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['229521', '229522', '240541', '240553', '240558', '240655', '368878', '368880', '368940', '368951']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'r.david.murray', 'cool-RR', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'ztane', 'emptysquare']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'low'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22652'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

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