* in Python

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Duncan Booth wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
> 
>>>so * basically means that args is a list
>>
>>A tuple IIRC
> 
> 
> In a function definition * means that any remaining position arguments will 
> be passed in as a tuple. In a function call the * means that any sequence 
> will be unpacked as positional arguments: it doesn't have to be a list or 
> a tuple.

yes, of course - I only saw it from the function's POV.

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