Это может быть?
def fnVariableArgLength(*args, **kwargs):
"""
- args is a list of non keywords arguments
- kwargs is a dict of keywords arguments (keyword, arg) pairs
"""
print args, kwargs
fnVariableArgLength() # () {}
fnVariableArgLength(1, 2, 3) # (1, 2, 3) {}
fnVariableArgLength(foo='bar') # () {'foo': 'bar'}
fnVariableArgLength(1, 2, 3, foo='bar') # (1, 2, 3) {'foo': 'bar'}
Редактировать Ваши варианты использования
def foo(*args,*kw):
x= kw.get('x',None if len(args) < 1 else args[0])
y= kw.get('y',None if len(args) < 2 else args[1])
z= kw.get('z',None if len(args) < 3 else args[2])
# the rest of foo
foo(1) # should call foo(1, None, None)
foo(y=2) # should call foo(None, 2, None)
foo(1,2,3,4,5) # should call foo(1, 2, 3)