Allow the 'count' argument of bytes.replace() to be a keyword

Author: StanFromIreland

Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

@@ -3735,12 +3735,16 @@ arbitrary binary data.
    The separator to search for may be any :term:`bytes-like object`.
 
 
-.. method:: bytes.replace(old, new, count=-1, /)
-            bytearray.replace(old, new, count=-1, /)
+.. method:: bytes.replace(old, new, /, count=-1)
+            bytearray.replace(old, new, /, count=-1)
 
    Return a copy of the sequence with all occurrences of subsequence *old*
-   replaced by *new*.  If the optional argument *count* is given, only the
-   first *count* occurrences are replaced.
+   replaced by *new*.  If *count* is given, only the first *count* occurrences
+   are replaced.  If *count* is not specified or ``-1``, then all occurrences
+   are replaced.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: next
+      *count* is now supported as a keyword argument.
 
    The subsequence to search for and its replacement may be any
    :term:`bytes-like object`.

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ Other language changes
   respectively.
   (Contributed by Sergey B Kirpichev in :gh:`146151`.)
 
+* Allow the *count* argument of :meth:`bytes.replace` to be a keyword.
+  (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`147856`.)
+
 
 New modules
 ===========

Lib/test/test_bytes.py

@@ -878,6 +878,13 @@ def test_replace(self):
         self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'i', b'a'), b'massassappa')
         self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'ss', b'x'), b'mixixippi')
 
+    def test_replace_count_keyword(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'aa')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'a', b'b', count=0), b'aa')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'a', b'b', count=1), b'ba')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'a', b'b', count=2), b'bb')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'a', b'b', count=3), b'bb')
+
     def test_replace_int_error(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'a b').replace, 32, b'')
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-31-18-07-53.gh-issue-147856.62Dwee.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow the *count* argument of :meth:`bytes.replace` to be a keyword.

Objects/bytearrayobject.c

@@ -1752,27 +1752,26 @@ bytearray_maketrans_impl(Py_buffer *frm, Py_buffer *to)
 
 
 /*[clinic input]
-@permit_long_docstring_body
 @critical_section
 bytearray.replace
 
     old: Py_buffer
     new: Py_buffer
+    /
     count: Py_ssize_t = -1
         Maximum number of occurrences to replace.
         -1 (the default value) means replace all occurrences.
-    /
 
 Return a copy with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new.
 
-If the optional argument count is given, only the first count occurrences are
-replaced.
+If count is given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.
+If count is not specified or -1, then all occurrences are replaced.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 bytearray_replace_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, Py_buffer *old,
                        Py_buffer *new, Py_ssize_t count)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=d39884c4dc59412a input=66afec32f4e095e0]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=d39884c4dc59412a input=e2591806f954aec3]*/
 {
     return stringlib_replace((PyObject *)self,
                              (const char *)old->buf, old->len,

Objects/bytesobject.c

@@ -2403,26 +2403,25 @@ bytes_maketrans_impl(Py_buffer *frm, Py_buffer *to)
 
 
 /*[clinic input]
-@permit_long_docstring_body
 bytes.replace
 
     old: Py_buffer
     new: Py_buffer
+    /
     count: Py_ssize_t = -1
         Maximum number of occurrences to replace.
         -1 (the default value) means replace all occurrences.
-    /
 
 Return a copy with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new.
 
-If the optional argument count is given, only the first count occurrences are
-replaced.
+If count is given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.
+If count is not specified or -1, then all occurrences are replaced.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 bytes_replace_impl(PyBytesObject *self, Py_buffer *old, Py_buffer *new,
                    Py_ssize_t count)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=994fa588b6b9c104 input=8b99a9ab32bc06a2]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=994fa588b6b9c104 input=cdf3cf8639297745]*/
 {
     return stringlib_replace((PyObject *)self,
                              (const char *)old->buf, old->len,