I've found a note about this from Guido back in 2000:
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/BIAEXJPSO4ZSUAEKYHGHSOIULSMV3CYK/#HURE3EIQLNHVSMTUSUHGCQF5IGIN7XVE
Not sure if it went anywhere back then.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 4:27 PM Ben Avrahami wrote:
> consider the
Ben's right regarding the facts. Here's my examples.
Python 3.6.9 (default, Jul 17 2020, 12:50:27)
>>> def foo(*argv, **kwargs): return argv, kwargs
>>> foo(*'ab', x=1, y=2, *'cd', z=3)
(('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'), {'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'z': 3})
Python 2.7.17 (default, Jul 20 2020, 15:37:01)