python · pablogsal · May 31, 2019 · May 31, 2019
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/code.rst b/Doc/c-api/code.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ bound into a function.
   :c:func:`PyCode_New` directly can bind you to a precise Python
   version since the definition of the bytecode changes often.

+   .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+      An extra parameter is required (*posonlyargcount*) to support :PEP:`570`.
+
   .. audit-event:: code.__new__ "code filename name argcount kwonlyargcount nlocals stacksize flags"

 .. c:function:: PyCodeObject* PyCode_NewEmpty(const char *filename, const char *funcname, int firstlineno)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -1278,6 +1278,9 @@ Changes in the C API

  (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`32388`.)

+* The :c:func:`PyCode_New` has a new parameter in the second position (*posonlyargcount*)
+  to support :pep:`570`, indicating the number of positional-only arguments.
+

 CPython bytecode changes
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