proper name for python * operator?
In Ruby and Perl 6 this has been called "splat", and I think most people fromthose communities will figure out what you mean if you call it that.
The Python tutorial uses the phrase "unpacking argument lists", which islong and descriptive.
It is also referred to as iterable unpacking, or in the case of **
,dictionary unpacking.
The Python Tutorial simply calls it 'the *
-operator'. It performs unpacking of arbitrary argument lists.