this is almost a workaround for the lack of named parameters

[foobar]

On Friday, 22 March 2013 at 21:10:27 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Friday, 22 March 2013 at 20:04:14 UTC, foobar wrote:

>> WTF? What do kwargs have to do with programming? Sounds more 
>> like a half-Klingon & half-Ferengi species to me.
>
> kwargs = keyword arguments
>
> It's a common naming convention in python, as exemplified in 
> matplotlib.

That was meant more as a rhetorical question rather than a real 
one.
Yes, I guessed the meaning by the surrounding context but 
nevertheless it was a major WAT while skimming the post. Also, 
Who the fuck cares whats common in Python? I was reading and 
replying on the *D* NG, was I not?