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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1998-10-01 15:35:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1998-10-01 15:35:43 (GMT) |
| commit | b2031f72d325ea3a05b51d89ead3e2cbb0bef659 (patch) | |
| tree | d71963f5db8fe9ec6d19f9d3db0b2f0dee702697 /Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | |
| parent | 968f8cbacea38d991cb5c8816da1235355c004df (diff) | |
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Document that apply() can now take any sequence in argument 2.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 0b0a831..8914883 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ find the \code{eggs} variable. \begin{funcdesc}{apply}{function, args\optional{, keywords}} The \var{function} argument must be a callable object (a user-defined or built-in function or method, or a class object) and the \var{args} -argument must be a tuple. The \var{function} is called with -\var{args} as argument list; the number of arguments is the the length +argument must be a sequence (if it is not a tuple, the sequence is +first converted to a tuple). The \var{function} is called with +\var{args} as the argument list; the number of arguments is the the length of the tuple. (This is different from just calling \code{\var{func}(\var{args})}, since in that case there is always exactly one argument.) |