Python provides the \"*\" operator for unpacking a list of tuples and giving them to a function as arguments, like so:
args = [3, 6] range(*args)
In certain scenarios, you might consider using unpacking, which is possible in php, is a similar way to python:
unpacking
list($min, $max) = [3, 6]; range($min, $max);
This is how I have arrived to this answer at least. Google search: PHP argument unpacking
PHP argument unpacking