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Terry Reedy  
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 More options Dec 11 2011, 6:26 pm
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From: Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:26:39 -0500
Local: Sun, Dec 11 2011 6:26 pm
Subject: Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax
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On 12/11/2011 5:49 AM, Eelco Hoogendoorn wrote:

> Plus, asterikses are impossible to google for, so finding out what exactly

 > they do more or less forces you to write a forum post about it.

There are other means of finding information than Google. Really.
1. A couple of years ago, I wrote a very complete list of symbol syntax
uses in Python 3. You can get is at
https://xploro.googlecode.com/files/PySymbols.html
Unfortunately, searching for 'python syntax symbols' does not show this
on the first few pages.
2. The python docs have an index. While the Symbols page does not have
most of the entries in the above doc, it does have '* in function calls'
and '** in function calls'.
3. The meaning of * and ** in function calls is explained, surprise, in
the reference manual section (5.3.4 for Py3) on function calls, which is
in the chapter on expressions.

--
Terry Jan Reedy


 
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