Feature or enhancement

Allow thecount argument ofstr.replace to be a keyword to better describe its use.

Pitch

str.replace takesold andnew strings as parameters, and an optionalcount parameter:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.replace

However,count cannot be a keyword argument:

>>>"aaa".replace("a","b",2)'bba'>>>"aaa".replace("a","b",count=2)TypeError: str.replace() takes no keyword arguments

It would be more explicit if thecount parameter could also be a keyword, so there's no doubt about its meaning.

Previous discussion

Suggested by@treyhunner athttps://mastodon.social/@treyhunner/110664375381530126

Linked PRs

• gh-106487: Allow the 'count' argument ofstr.replace to be a keyword #106488