Normal arguments vs. keyword arguments

Question

How are \"keyword arguments\" different from regular arguments? Can\'t all arguments be passed as name=value instead of using positional syntax?

Answer 1

Using keyword arguments is the same thing as normal arguments except order doesn't matter. For example the two functions calls below are the same:

def foo(bar, baz):
    pass

foo(1, 2)
foo(baz=2, bar=1)