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I’m learning python after 10y of javascript and taking some notes

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You don't need to add `*,` in function def to use named args (kwargs), you can just do that directly

The `*,` syntax is a hack to actually use named args out of sequence (in the middle vs. at the end of the args), but that's more of an advanced technique 

You can use `*args` to collect all non-keyword args (or have a sequence), and you can use `**kwargs` to collect all keyword args

I use the * param to specify which parameters are required to be pass as named (the ones after the *) - super useful when args with similar types and meanings are next to each other.

Also emphasizing the last paragraph, passing a **dict as argument set is a-mazing.

I love that feature, use it all the time

BTW you can pass normal arguments as named kwargs e.g. `data=..., ` (but only if you remove the `*, ` I think)

Also want to caveat I rarely ever use `*, `

Only in FastAPI dependencies via typing where I need to do something like `route_name(..., query_arg=None, db: Database, ...) `