Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code?

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Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> writes:

> I understand now, but I feel the args usage is weird. I don't see any way 
> to use *args and **kwargs in above code. What is your opinion on it?

Can you show example code that you would expect, and specifically what about
the actual code doesn't match what you expect?

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Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 18:16 -0800
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-01-05 13:26 +1100
    Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 18:34 -0800
      Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-01-05 14:28 +1100
        Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Robert <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:04 -0800
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.edu> - 2016-01-04 22:29 -0500
  Re: Is '*args' useful in this example code? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-01-05 12:51 +0100

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