def _convert_soap_method_args(*args):
    """Convert arguments to be consumed by a SoapClient method

    Soap client required a list of named arguments:
    >>> _convert_soap_method_args('a', 1)
    [('arg0', 'a'), ('arg1', 1)]

    """
    soap_args = []
    for arg_n, arg in enumerate(args):
        soap_args.append(('arg' + str(arg_n), arg))
    return soap_args