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title: do not have arguments with the same name
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# do not have arguments with the same name

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `python-best-practices/argument-same-name`

**Language:** Python

**Severity:** Error

**Category:** Error Prone

## Description{% #description %}

Function parameters cannot have the same name. Each function parameter must have a distinct name.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```python
def foo(bar, bar: int, bar = 3):  # use another name for the second argument
	pass
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```python
def foo(bar, baz):
	pass
```
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