# PEP 736: Shorthand syntax for keyword arguments at invocation

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-736-shorthand-syntax-for-keyword-arguments-at-invocation/43432>\
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**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-736-shorthand-syntax-for-keyword-arguments-at-invocation/43432 "2024-01-17T14:11:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-736-shorthand-syntax-for-keyword-arguments-at-invocation/43432/97 "2024-01-23T07:30:44Z")

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Here’s a blog post about the (roughly) same feature in Ruby. The implementation, the tradeoffs and the results. [“Useless Ruby sugar”: Keyword argument and hash values omission](https://zverok.space/blog/2023-11-10-syntax-sugar3-hash-values-omission.html)

I think this pretty well tracks what I would expect the result to be, and (in my opinion) quite an endorsement of the feature.

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