[Tutor] variable number of inputs

[Alan Gauld]

"wesley chun" <wescpy at gmail.com> wrote

> a very popular idiom you'll see in function signatures looks like 
> this:
>
> def func(*args, **kwargs)
>
> this is the most flexible Python function definition because this
> function can accept *any* number and type of arguments you can give

But the caveat: With power comes responsibility. You need to make
sure your function can cope with this potential wealth of data being
thrown at it! Othewise its all a bit pointless! :-)

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Alan Gauld
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