how to make a keyword arg w/o a default value?

[bowlofred]

i'm trying to make it be a required argument that can be given either positional or keyword and be required one way or the other. but maybe i want it to be keyword only, and required. i guess Python just doesn't have that.

I don't know that I understand what you're asking. The first part says positional or keyword, and the second part says keyword only. Both are possible, just not both at the same time.