**[Original report](https://bitbucket.org/litmis/python-itoolkit/issue/4) by Kevin Adler (Bitbucket: [kadler](https://bitbucket.org/kadler), GitHub: [kadler](https://github.com/kadler)).** ---------------------------------------- compare: ``` #!python iPgm('foo', 'FOO', {'lib': 'MYLIB', 'function': 'bar' }) # call function 'bar' in MYLIB/FOO ``` to: ``` #!python iPgm('foo', 'FOO', lib='MYLIB', function='bar') ``` https://pythontips.com/2013/08/04/args-and-kwargs-in-python-explained/ (this works similarly in Ruby as well, just search for kwargs)