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def cheeseshop(kind, *arguments, **keywords):
    print "- Do you have any", kind, '?'
    print "- I'm sorry, we're all out of", kind
    for arg in arguments: print arg
    print '-'*40
    for kw in keywords.keys(): print kw, ':', keywords[kw]


cheeseshop('Limburger', "It's very runny, sir.",
            "It's really very, VERY runny, sir.",
            client='John Cleese',
            shopkeeper='Michael Palin',
            sketch='Cheese Shop Sketch')








10.5.Varible length parameter
10.5.1.Varible length parameter
10.5.2.variable length arguments
10.5.3.Keyword Variable Arguments (Dictionary)
10.5.4.Both keyword and non-keyword variable arguments may be used in the same function as long as the keyword dictionary is last
10.5.5.Calling Functions with Variable Argument Objects
10.5.6.** works for keyword arguments: it collects them into a new dictionary,
10.5.7.A dictionary containing all keyword arguments whose keyword doesn't correspond to a formal parameter
10.5.8.*args and **kwargs example