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> Don't use kwargs for this.  List out the arguments in the function=0A=
> spec and give the optional ones reasonable defaults.=0A=
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> I only use kwargs myself when the set of possible arguments is dynamic=0A=
> or unknown.=0A=
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Gotch ya, but when the inputs to some keywords are similar, if the function=
 is called=0A=
with two of three (which is valid) and the arg name isn't used, the assignm=
ent is order=0A=
dependent and arbitrary in a sense and I can not distinguish.=0A=
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It would be nice if you could force the keyword to be mandatory to forgo th=
e assumption=0A=
in assignment like kwargs provides with gets. I suppose all the time wasted=
 here is in vain=0A=
as the caller could blunder elsewhere...=0A=
=0A=
Thanks,=0A=
jlc=