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Hoon Tae Chung
478 PointsWhy would you pass **kwargs instead of just passing the reference to the dictionary in the example?
In the example, .items() method is used to iterate through the dictionary. Why can't you just pass the reference to the dictionary without using packing? I know it's pretty much the same thing, but I'm just not sure of the advantage of using packing in this particular example.
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Steven Parker
243,266 PointsThe packing is what creates the dictionary, from some number of individually specified keyword arguments.