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 …

Closed 12 years ago. What exactly do *args and **kwargs mean? According to the Python documentation, from what it seems, it passes in a tuple of arguments.

The names *args and **kwargs are only by convention but there's no hard requirement to use them. You would use *args when you're not sure how many arguments might be passed to …

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? …

Mar 11, 2019 · kwargs is a dataclasses.InitVar that is then processed in the __post_init__ of your dataclass You can access all the values with instance.__dict__ (because asdict would not …

Sep 13, 2009 · I come from a background in static languages. Can someone explain (ideally through example) the real world advantages of using **kwargs over named arguments? To me …

Aug 31, 2008 · See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a function call? for the complementary question about arguments.

In Python 2.x (I use 2.7), which is the proper way to use default arguments with *args and **kwargs? I've found a question on SO related to this topic, but that is for Python 3: Calling a …

Apr 22, 2018 · From my understanding, the variable numActive is passed through the update method as active and then as **kwargs which is then searched for via the get() method.

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.