[New-bugs-announce] [issue36282] Not accurate error message for exact number of positional arguments

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com>:

Due to minor error, the error message for too many positional arguments is not accurate if the function uses Argument Clinic.

For example:

>>> int.from_bytes(b'a', 'little', False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: from_bytes() takes at most 2 positional arguments (3 given)

This is correct, but not accurate, because from_bytes() takes *exactly* 2 positional arguments.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 337874
nosy: serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Not accurate error message for exact number of positional arguments
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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