proper name for python operator

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What is the correct name for operator    as in function  args    unpack  unzip  something else

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I believe it s most commonly called the  splat operator   Unpacking arguments is what it does

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The Python Tutorial simply calls it  the  -operator   It performs unpacking of arbitrary argument lists

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I call  args  star args  or  varargs  and   kwargs  keyword args

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I say  star-args  and Python people seem to know what i mean      is trickier - I think just  qargs  since it is usually used as   kw or   kwargs

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In Ruby and Perl 6 this has been called  quot splat quot   and I think most people from those communities will figure out what you mean if you call it that  The Python tutorial uses the phrase  quot unpacking argument lists quot   which is long and descriptive  It is also referred to as iterable unpacking  or in the case of     dictionary unpacking

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For a colloquial name there is  quot splatting quot   For arguments  list type  you use single   and for keyword arguments  dictionary type  you use double     Both   and    is sometimes referred to as  quot splatting quot   See for reference of this name being used  https   stackoverflow com a 47875892 14305096

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One can also call   a gather parameter  when used in function arguments definition  or a scatter operator  when used at function invocation    As seen here  Think Python Tuples Variable-length argument tuples

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I call it  positional expansion   as opposed to    which I call  keyword expansion

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