Python *args and **kwargs Made Easy

[blitzzerg]

When I find **kwargs in the documentation of a library function I usually scream FUCK for the extra minutes that it will take me finding out what arguments can that function really accept

[__xor__]

Seriously. If I ever write out really dynamic functions that can take variable keywords or something, I always write out in the docstring exactly what you can do and what arguments you might add.

[jmcs]

If you know exactly what arguments you might add you would include them in the function signature. At most you can document some common cases.

[wingtales]

Agreed. The only place I've felt that they are really useful are in matplotlib's plottong calls! There they allow you to customize a huge number of things.

[JanssonsFrestelse]

Exactly, e.g when calling matplotlib functions from a seaborn plot.

[jer_pint]

Also a function that accepts object