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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index e9bf5c5..f88709e 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -637,17 +637,18 @@ upper bound and stride, respectively, substituting ``None`` for missing expressions. +.. index:: + object: callable + single: call + single: argument; call semantics + .. _calls: Calls ----- -.. index:: single: call - -.. index:: object: callable - -A call calls a callable object (e.g., a function) with a possibly empty series -of arguments: +A call calls a callable object (e.g., a :term:`function`) with a possibly empty +series of :term:`arguments <argument>`: .. productionlist:: call: `primary` "(" [`argument_list` [","] | `comprehension`] ")" @@ -665,11 +666,14 @@ of arguments: A trailing comma may be present after the positional and keyword arguments but does not affect the semantics. +.. index:: + single: parameter; call semantics + The primary must evaluate to a callable object (user-defined functions, built-in functions, methods of built-in objects, class objects, methods of class instances, and all objects having a :meth:`__call__` method are callable). All argument expressions are evaluated before the call is attempted. Please refer -to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal parameter lists. +to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal :term:`parameter` lists. .. XXX update with kwonly args PEP |