Explication comparative de l'utilisation de *args et **kwargs en Python

def fun(*args, **kwargs):
    print 'args = ', args
    print 'kwargs = ', kwargs
    print '###'
if __name__ == '__main__':
    foo(1,2,3,4)
    foo(a=1,b=2,c=3)
    foo(1,2,3,4, a=1,b=2,c=3)
    foo('a', 1, None, a=1, b='2', c=3)

args =  (1, 2, 3, 4) 
kwargs =  {} 
###
args =  () 
kwargs =  {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2} 
###
args =  (1, 2, 3, 4) 
kwargs =  {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2} 
###
args =  ('a', 1, None) 
kwargs =  {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': '2'} 
###

def fun2(param1, *args, **kwargs):
    print 'param1 = ', param1
    print 'args = ', args
    print 'kwargs = ', kwargs
    print '###'
fun2(1, 2, 3, 4, a=1,b=2,c=3)

param1 =  1
args =  (2,3,4)
kwargs =  {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2} 
###

def kw_dict(**kwargs):
    return kwargs
print kw_dict(a=1,b=2,c=3)

{'a':1, 'b':2, 'c':3}