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 …

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.

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.

Sep 13, 2009 · I come from a background in static languages. Can someone explain (ideally through example) the real world advantages of using **kwargs over named arguments? To me …

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

Mar 26, 2012 · By prefixing the dictionary by '**' you unpack the dictionary kwargs to keywords arguments. A dictionary (type dict) is a single variable containing key-value pairs. "Keyword …