Nov 20, 2009 · Notes kwargs is variable name used for keyword arguments, another variable name can be used. The important part is that it's a dictionary and it's unpacked with the double …

Closed 12 years ago. What exactly do *args and **kwargs mean? According to the Python documentation, from what it seems, it passes in a tuple of arguments.

Note that *args/**kwargs is part of function-calling syntax, and not really an operator. This has a particular side effect that I ran into, which is that you can't use *args expansion with the print …

Jul 8, 2009 · What is the proper way to use **kwargs in Python when it comes to default values? kwargs returns a dictionary, but what is the best way to set default values, or is there one? …

Mar 11, 2019 · kwargs is a dataclasses.InitVar that is then processed in the __post_init__ of your dataclass You can access all the values with instance.__dict__ (because asdict would not …

Aug 31, 2008 · See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a function call? for the complementary question about arguments.

In Python 2.x (I use 2.7), which is the proper way to use default arguments with *args and **kwargs? I've found a question on SO related to this topic, but that is for Python 3: Calling a …

May 19, 2014 · While I have a general understanding (I think) of Python's *args and **kwargs, I'm having trouble understanding how to pass them from one function through to another.

Apr 22, 2018 · From my understanding, the variable numActive is passed through the update method as active and then as **kwargs which is then searched for via the get() method.

And, is there a way to get the behavior I described above (Having *args with default arguments) -- I know I can simulate that behavior by manipulating the kwargs dictionary inside the function.