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@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Bytes objects can also be created with literals, see :ref:`strings`.
+.. function:: callable(object)
+
+ Return :const:`True` if the *object* argument appears callable,
+ :const:`False` if not. If this returns true, it is still possible that a
+ call fails, but if it is false, calling *object* will never succeed.
+ Note that classes are callable (calling a class returns a new instance);
+ instances are callable if their class has a :meth:`__call__` method.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2
+ This function was first removed in Python 3.0 and then brought back
+ in Python 3.2.
+
+
.. function:: chr(i)
Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer