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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 1ea8c10..70d7cdb 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -65,15 +65,16 @@ def my_import(name): \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 sequence (if it is not a tuple, - the sequence is first converted to a tuple). The \var{function} is + the \var{args} argument must be a sequence. 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.) + is the the length of the tuple. If the optional \var{keywords} argument is present, it must be a dictionary whose keys are strings. It specifies keyword arguments to be added to the end of the the argument list. + Calling \function{apply()} is different from just calling + \code{\var{func}(\var{args})}, since in that case there is always + exactly one argument. The use of \function{apply()} is equivalent + to \code{\var{function}(*\var{args}, **\var{keywords})}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{buffer}{object\optional{, offset\optional{, size}}} |