def initialize(args=None, data=None):
'''Initializes a new communicator. The optional arguments represent
an argument list (such as sys.argv) and an instance of InitializationData.
You can invoke this function as follows:
Ice.initialize()
Ice.initialize(args)
Ice.initialize(data)
Ice.initialize(args, data)
If you supply an argument list, the function removes those arguments from
the list that were recognized by the Ice run time.
'''
communicator = IcePy.Communicator(args, data)
return CommunicatorI(communicator)
