> Does this help?
Yes Emile - this helps! Thanx ;-).
> >>> def test(arg1=None, arg2=None, arg3=None, *args, **kwargs):
> ... print arg1, arg2, arg3, args, kwargs
> ...
> >>> test(1,2)
> 1 2 None () {}
> >>> test(1,2,3,4)
> 1 2 3 (4,) {}
> >>> test(1,2,3,4,5,helpmode=1)
> 1 2 3 (4, 5) {'helpmode': 1}