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def a_function(a, b, *args, **kwargs):
    print "a is", a
    print "b is", b
    print "*args is this tuple:", args
    print "**kwargs is this dictionary:", kwargs








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