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Docs: keywords in calls need not be identifiers
jeff5 Aug 29, 2022
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Idiom "whose" in Doc/reference/expressions.rst
jeff5 Aug 29, 2022
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Simplify to "instance of str" in Doc/reference/expressions.rst
jeff5 Aug 29, 2022
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"must be a string" instead of a `str` instance
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Idiom "whose" in Doc/reference/expressions.rst 
Co-authored-by: Guido van Rossum <gvanrossum@gmail.com>
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jeff5 and gvanrossum authored Aug 29, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised.
When ``**expression`` is used, each key in this mapping must be
an instance of :class:`str` or a :term:`hashable` sub-class of it.
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Each value from the mapping is assigned to the first formal parameter
eligible for keyword assignment, where the name is equal to the key.
eligible for keyword assignment whose name is equal to the key.
A key need not be a Python identifier (e.g. ``"max-temp °F"`` is acceptable,
although it will not match any formal parameter that could be declared).
If there is no match to a formal parameter
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