Args starting w/ *?

[fBechmann]

I'm quite new to this newsgroup and I found it to be helpfull for my 
tiny problems many times so for sure I'm not the one to announce a 
leading oppinion.

Nevertheless I think that topics on questions that could be answered w/ 
a 2 min look into the great documentation are somehow overwhelming the 
newsgroup - it's just distracting.

Too be constructive and polite:
 
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node6.html#SECTION006730000000000000000