Odd argument in threading.py

Asked May 01 '15 at 16:09

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I found an odd argument of init of threading.Thread class.

def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None,
                 args=(), kwargs=None, *, daemon=None):

What is the seventh argument? I have never seen such arguments. Moreover the argument is not used in the __init__. Is it really necessary?

asked May 01 '15 at 16:09

q2ven

See also http://stackoverflow.com/q/23038767/3001761, which adds more on *why* this gets used – jonrsharpe May 01 '15 at 16:11
I'm sorry for duplication. Thank you. – q2ven May 01 '15 at 16:13
Don't worry about it; see http://stackoverflow.com/help/duplicates – jonrsharpe May 01 '15 at 16:24

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