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*args, **kwargs
Capture variable positional and keyword arguments. Lets a function accept any signature.
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FunctionNamed reusable block of code. Defined with `def`. First-class — you can pass fun…Default argumentParameter with a fallback value: `def f(x=10)`. Beware mutable defaults — `def f…LambdaAn anonymous one-line function: `lambda x: x*2`. Use for short callbacks; prefer…DecoratorA higher-order function that wraps another to add behavior — logging, caching, a…ClosureAn inner function that captures variables from its enclosing scope. The captured…functools.partialPre-bind some arguments of a function — produces a new callable with fewer param…