New favorite Python idiom

python_idiom_1.py

#  This
def fixture_create_user(*args, **kwargs):
    username = kwargs.pop('username', 'test')
    seller = kwargs.pop('seller', False)
    buyer = kwargs.pop('buyer', False)
    voter = kwargs.pop('voter', False)
    curr_id = kwargs.pop('curr_id', 1)
    banned = kwargs.pop('banned', 'N')
    account_closed = kwargs.pop('account_closed', 'N')
    auto_activate = kwargs.pop('auto_activate', True)

#  Instead of this
def fixture_create_user(
        username='test',
        selling=False,
        buyer=False,
        voting=False,
        curr_id=1,
        ban_database='N',
        account_closed='N',
        auto_activate=True):