# PEP 570: Python Positional-Only Parameters

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-570-python-positional-only-parameters/1078>\
**Category:** PEPs\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-570-python-positional-only-parameters/1078 "2019-03-28T00:04:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-570-python-positional-only-parameters/1078/144 "2019-04-03T14:25:07Z")

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See [issue36518](https://bugs.python.org/issue36518) which significantly decreases the need in positional-only parameters in Python (although PEP 570 still has a value for solving other problems). The change is surprisingly tiny.

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