gh-133436: Correct error messages that incorrectly use "arguments" #133463
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StanFromIreland
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May 5, 2025
| | '*' ',' TYPE_COMMENT { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR("bare * has associated type comment") } | ||
| | '*' param a='=' { RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(a, "var-positional argument cannot have default value") } | ||
| | '*' (param_no_default | ',') param_maybe_default* a='*' (param_no_default | ',') { | ||
| RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(a, "* argument may appear only once") } | ||
| RAISE_SYNTAX_ERROR_KNOWN_LOCATION(a, "* marker may appear only once") } |
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I liked @picnixz suggestion though there may be an even better word?
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imo, "an asterisk may appear only once" is as clear as possible and will not cause any confusion in terms of terminology
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*parameter's error messages sayargumentinstead ofparameter#133436