Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax

[Eelco Hoogendoorn]

Throwing an idea for a PEP out there:

It strikes me that the def func(*args, **kwargs) syntax is rather 
unpytonic. It certainly did not have that 'for line in file' pythonic 
obviousness for me as a beginner. Plus, asterikses are impossible to 
google for, so finding out what exactly they do more or less forces you 
to write a forum post about it.

A more readable form occurred to me, which also happens to be more 
flexible, and which I think is fully compatible with the syntax of the 
language:

def func(parg, list(args), dict(kwargs))

Perhaps this is considered abuse of notation; dict(kwargs) already has a 
meaning rather different from the one we try to give it here; but then 
again the context (being inside a function definition) is unique and 
easily recognizable.

An added advantage would be the possibility of using subclasses of dict 
and list as well; imagine how much more beautiful a lot of code would be 
if one could say

def func(attrdict(kwargs))

Problems im still wrestling with: the same syntax could not be used when 
calling a function; that lack of symmetry would make things more 
confusing, not less.

Thoughts?