def validate_axis_style_args(data, args, kwargs, arg_name, method_name):
    """Argument handler for mixed index, columns / axis functions

    In an attempt to handle both `.method(index, columns)`, and
    `.method(arg, axis=.)`, we have to do some bad things to argument
    parsing. This translates all arguments to `{index=., columns=.}` style.

    Parameters
    ----------
    data : DataFrame or Panel
    args : tuple
        All positional arguments from the user
    kwargs : dict
        All keyword arguments from the user
    arg_name, method_name : str
        Used for better error messages

    Returns
    -------
    kwargs : dict
        A dictionary of keyword arguments. Doesn't modify ``kwargs``
        inplace, so update them with the return value here.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> df._validate_axis_style_args((str.upper,), {'columns': id},
    ...                              'mapper', 'rename')
    {'columns': <function id>, 'index': <method 'upper' of 'str' objects>}

    This emits a warning
    >>> df._validate_axis_style_args((str.upper, id), {},
    ...                              'mapper', 'rename')
    {'columns': <function id>, 'index': <method 'upper' of 'str' objects>}
    """
    # TODO: Change to keyword-only args and remove all this

    out = {}
    # Goal: fill 'out' with index/columns-style arguments
    # like out = {'index': foo, 'columns': bar}

    # Start by validating for consistency
    if 'axis' in kwargs and any(x in kwargs for x in data._AXIS_NUMBERS):
        msg = "Cannot specify both 'axis' and any of 'index' or 'columns'."
        raise TypeError(msg)

    # First fill with explicit values provided by the user...
    if arg_name in kwargs:
        if args:
            msg = ("{} got multiple values for argument "
                   "'{}'".format(method_name, arg_name))
            raise TypeError(msg)

        axis = data._get_axis_name(kwargs.get('axis', 0))
        out[axis] = kwargs[arg_name]

    # More user-provided arguments, now from kwargs
    for k, v in kwargs.items():
        try:
            ax = data._get_axis_name(k)
        except ValueError:
            pass
        else:
            out[ax] = v

    # All user-provided kwargs have been handled now.
    # Now we supplement with positional arguments, emitting warnings
    # when there's ambiguity and raising when there's conflicts

    if len(args) == 0:
        pass  # It's up to the function to decide if this is valid
    elif len(args) == 1:
        axis = data._get_axis_name(kwargs.get('axis', 0))
        out[axis] = args[0]
    elif len(args) == 2:
        if 'axis' in kwargs:
            # Unambiguously wrong
            msg = ("Cannot specify both 'axis' and any of 'index' "
                   "or 'columns'")
            raise TypeError(msg)

        msg = ("Interpreting call\n\t'.{method_name}(a, b)' as "
               "\n\t'.{method_name}(index=a, columns=b)'.\nUse named "
               "arguments to remove any ambiguity. In the future, using "
               "positional arguments for 'index' or 'columns' will raise "
               " a 'TypeError'.")
        warnings.warn(msg.format(method_name=method_name,), FutureWarning,
                      stacklevel=4)
        out[data._AXIS_NAMES[0]] = args[0]
        out[data._AXIS_NAMES[1]] = args[1]
    else:
        msg = "Cannot specify all of '{}', 'index', 'columns'."
        raise TypeError(msg.format(arg_name))
    return out