How to do *args, **kwargs properly

[Max M]

Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen wrote:
> Max M wrote:

> So what you're saying is that instead of:
> 
> def fn(*values, **options):
> 
> I should use:
> 
> def fn(values, cmp=cmp):
> 
> in this specific case?
> 
> and then instead of:
> 
> fn(1, 2, 3, cmp=...)
> 
> this:
> 
> fn([1, 2, 3], cmp=...)

Precisely. Sometimes you need different interfaces for a method. In that 
case it is fine.

But if you are just doing it instead of passing sequences, you are just 
(ab)using the * and ** operators.

The method definition, like any python code, is made for humans not 
machines. The more obvious you can make the function definition, the 
happier anyone will be.

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