Index: Doc/library/argparse.rst
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--- Doc/library/argparse.rst	(revision 88318)
+++ Doc/library/argparse.rst	(working copy)
@@ -1314,6 +1314,17 @@
    Namespace(accumulate=<built-in function sum>, integers=[1, 2, 3, 4])
 
 
+Passing the namespace as ``kwargs``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the arguments you're parsing are to be directly passed to a function taking
+a bunch of keyword arguments, you can quickly pass your namespace to that
+function by converting it into a dictionary::
+
+    >>> args = parser.parse_args()
+    >>> myfunction(**dict(args))
+
+
 Custom namespaces
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Index: Lib/argparse.py
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--- Lib/argparse.py	(revision 88318)
+++ Lib/argparse.py	(working copy)
@@ -1172,6 +1172,8 @@
     def __contains__(self, key):
         return key in self.__dict__
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.__dict__.items())
 
 class _ActionsContainer(object):
 
Index: Lib/test/test_argparse.py
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--- Lib/test/test_argparse.py	(revision 88318)
+++ Lib/test/test_argparse.py	(working copy)
@@ -4318,6 +4318,12 @@
         self.assertTrue(ns2 != ns3)
         self.assertTrue(ns2 != ns4)
 
+    def test_iter(self):
+        # Namespace is iterable and yields its attribute/value pairs (in no special order).
+        ns = argparse.Namespace(foo='bar', spam='eggs')
+        
+        self.assertEqual(dict(ns), {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'eggs'})
+    
 
 # ===================
 # File encoding tests