From 9504d66ebe9606f009d781b6ffc20a0f0a098044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bierma <zintensitydev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:20:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document that zero-arg super() doesn't work with struct()

---
 Doc/library/ctypes.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 6635304c35face..bafe00a6a95703 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -3675,6 +3675,12 @@ fields, or any other data types containing pointer type fields.
 
       point = Point(1, 2)
 
+   .. note::
+
+      Calling :func:`super` without arguments in methods of the decorated
+      class raises a :exc:`TypeError`. Use the two-argument form instead, for example
+      ``super(Point, self).__init__(x, y)``.
+
    *align*, *layout*, and *pack* supply the value for the :attr:`~ctypes.Structure._align_`,
    :attr:`~ctypes.Structure._layout_`, and :attr:`~ctypes.Structure._pack_`
    attributes, respectively.