proper name for python * operator?

Question

What is the correct name for operator *, as in function(*args)? unpack, unzip, something else?

Answer 1

For a colloquial name there is "splatting".

For arguments (list type) you use single * and for keyword arguments (dictionary type) you use double **.

Both * and ** is sometimes referred to as "splatting".

See for reference of this name being used: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47875892/14305096