Bináris said:
> I see in a couple of bots this construction:
>
> def main(*args):
> for arg in pywikibot.handleArgs(*args):
> etc.
>
> Now, if I write instead of this
> def main():
> for arg in pywikibot.handleArgs():
> etc.
> the result seems to be just the same. I tried with valid global and with
> unique parameters as well.
> So, what is the difference?
> I know the theory that * means a variable width argument list, but if I
> omit it, the behaviour does > not change.
The behavior is the same if you run the script from the command line.
However, using (*args) also allows you the option of running the script from
inside the Python interactive interpreter; for example, if you were running
"replace.py Foo Bar -start:!", then you could "import replace" in the
interpreter and run <code>replace.main("Foo", "Bar", "-start:!")</code>.
This can be useful for debugging, among other things.
Russ
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