A simple explanation of Python function arguments, keywords, *args, and **kwargs
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This is a simple explanation of how you can pass arguments to functions in Python. It covers:
arguments (without default value)
keywords (with default value)
argument lists or *args (an arbitrary number of arguments captured into a list)
keyword dictionaries or **kwargs (an arbitrary number of keywords captured into a dict)
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