Putting *args and/or **kwargs as the last items in your function definition’s argument list allows that function to accept an arbitrary number of arguments and/or keyword arguments.

Nov 20, 2009 · Notes kwargs is variable name used for keyword arguments, another variable name can be used. The important part is that it's a dictionary and it's unpacked with the double …

Jul 8, 2009 · What is the proper way to use **kwargs in Python when it comes to default values? kwargs returns a dictionary, but what is the best way to set default values, or is there one? …

May 19, 2014 · While I have a general understanding (I think) of Python's *args and **kwargs, I'm having trouble understanding how to pass them from one function through to another. Here's …

foo = decorator_with_args(arg)(foo) decorator_with_args is a function which accepts a custom argument and which returns the actual decorator (that will be applied to the decorated …

Aug 31, 2008 · The *args and **kwargs are common idioms to allow an arbitrary number of arguments to functions, as described in the section more on defining functions in the Python …

Note that *args/**kwargs is part of function-calling syntax, and not really an operator. This has a particular side effect that I ran into, which is that you can't use *args expansion with the print …

And, is there a way to get the behavior I described above (Having *args with default arguments) -- I know I can simulate that behavior by manipulating the kwargs dictionary inside the function.

Sep 8, 2016 · 12 First, you won't be passing an arbitrary Python expression as an argument. It's brittle and unsafe. To set up the argument parser, you define the arguments you want, then …

Jan 23, 2012 · It seems that object itself violates one of the best practices mentioned in the document, which is that methods which use super must accept *args and **kwargs. Now, …