HC Library and *attributes parameter

[Peter Hansen]

Efrat Regev wrote:
> def __init__(self, object = None, align = None, border = None, cellspacing =
> None, cellpaddding = None, *attributes)
> 
>     So, what does *attribute stand for (being a C++ programmer, it looks
> like a pointer, probably not the case). Is it like the C++ ellipsis? If so,
> how can
> I use it?

Your guess is pretty close.  See here for details:

http://docs.python.org/ref/calls.html#calls

-Peter