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Document how to use varargs in Argument Clinic #1277

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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions development-tools/clinic.rst
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Expand Up @@ -2213,3 +2213,23 @@ and update your unit tests to reflect the new behaviour.
If you forget to update your input block during the alpha and beta phases,
the compiler warning will turn into a compiler error when the
release candidate phase begins.


How to convert variadic arguments functions
-------------------------------------------

Some functions can be called with an arbitrary number of arguments.
These arguments will be wrapped up in a tuple.

To convert a function to accept variadic arguments,
add a ``*`` in front of the parameter name just like Python,
and the parameter should use the ``object`` converter::

/*[clinic input]
vararg_sample

foo: int
*args: object
[clinic start generated code]*/

.. versionadded:: 3.11
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