Is '*args' useful in this example code?

[Ben Finney]

Robert <rxjwg98 at gmail.com> writes:

> I understand now, but I feel the args usage is weird. I don't see any way 
> to use *args and **kwargs in above code. What is your opinion on it?

Can you show example code that you would expect, and specifically what about
the actual code doesn't match what you expect?

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