parameter list notation

[Steve Holden]

TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> Well I did a search on "Python variable length arguments" and found a
> hit that seems to explain the *fields parameter:
> 
> When you declare an argment to start with '*', it takes the argument
> list into an array.
> 
> def foo(*args):
>   print "Number of arguments:", len(args)
>   print "Arguments are: ", args
> 
> 
Well done. The ** notation allows you to collect arbitrary keyword 
arguments into a dictionary (whose name is kw in the example you gave). 
With such a formal parameter any keyword argument is acceptable for a 
call (unless it duplicates a key value).

regards
  Steve
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