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 …

What exactly do *args and **kwargs mean? According to the Python documentation, from what it seems, it passes in a tuple of arguments. def foo (hello, *args): print (hello) for each in args:...

So I have difficulty with the concept of *args and **kwargs. So far I have learned that: *args = list of arguments - as positional arguments **kwargs = dictionary - whose keys become separate …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

May 4, 2016 · I'm trying out Python's type annotations with abstract base classes to write some interfaces. Is there a way to annotate the possible types of *args and **kwargs? For example, …

Dec 6, 2017 · Is it a hard requirement that you use *args and **kwargs? Because the way you are trying to use them does not match the way in which they were intended/designed.