Right now we have an interesting problem:_CRLock supports*args, **kwargs in__new__, while_PYRLock does not.

See:

1. cpython/Lib/threading.py

   Line 133 in128379b

   def__init__(self):

2. cpython/Modules/_threadmodule.c

   Line 506 in128379b

   rlock_new(PyTypeObject*type,PyObject*args,PyObject*kwds)

   (they are unused)

I am leaving aside the problem that_PYRLock is not ever used (unless imported directly) for now.

Right now our docs does not say what the signature should be.
Some facts:

1. CPython's code never useRLock with arguments (and never say it has arguments)
2. typeshed (a source of truth for all typecheckers and several IDEsnever had a single issue about missing*args, **kwargs in theirRLock's stub:https://github.com/python/typeshed/blob/0bb7d621d39d38bee7ce32e1ee920bd5bc4f9503/stdlib/threading.pyi#L113-L119
3. We don't have any docs aboutRLock's signature

So, I think we can:

1. Document thatRLock has() signature
2. Remove*args, **kwargs from C impl
3. Document this in "What's new"

Does it sound like a plan? If yes, I would like to do the honours :)

Linked PRs

• gh-102029: Deprecate passing arguments to_PyRLock inthreading #102071