[Pythonmac-SIG] Newby Q's: */**

[Jack Jansen]

> For the prefix asterix (*/**) in the following definition (from guipy) I
> cannot find a reference.
> 
> def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
> 	self.menu = []
> 	apply(Container.__init__, (self,) + args, kw)
> 
> Can you explain ?

It's explained in the reference manual (and also slightly in the tutorial), 
which you can find at www.python.org. Here's the quick explanation:
- *args gets all "unused" arguments
- **kw gets all "unused" keyword arguments.

Or, as an example, a function

	def foo(arg1, *args, **kwargs):
		pass
called as
	foo(1, 2, 3, spam=4, eggs=5)
will get the values
	arg1 = 1
	args = (2, 3)
	kwargs = { "spam":4, "eggs":5 }
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