what does this do? (really basic question)

[Dave Marotti]

Hey,

Hopefully this is a really basic question.  I'm still in the learning phase,
and came across this in a sample program:

class Whatever:
    def __init__(self, user_list, cmd_list, **kw):
        code....

What does the **kw mean (specifically, the **) ?

-dave


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