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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:33:58 +1100
Subject: Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:15 AM,  <bruceg113355@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all.
> Steve's example is the one I will try next week.
> Passing in lists, will work but it requires extra coding from the calling routines to build the list.

Not necessarily! Watch:

def foo(*args):
    print(repr(args))

foo("Hello","world","!")

('Hello', 'world', '!')

Okay, that's not technically a list, it's a tuple, but same diff. Your
callers still see you as taking separate arguments, but you take them
as a single collection.

ChrisA