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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index ec3d5a5..40abdc2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -205,10 +205,11 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: .. function:: partial(func, *args, **keywords) - Return a new :class:`partial` object which when called will behave like *func* - called with the positional arguments *args* and keyword arguments *keywords*. If - more arguments are supplied to the call, they are appended to *args*. If - additional keyword arguments are supplied, they extend and override *keywords*. + Return a new :ref:`partial object<partial-objects>` which when called + will behave like *func* called with the positional arguments *args* + and keyword arguments *keywords*. If more arguments are supplied to the + call, they are appended to *args*. If additional keyword arguments are + supplied, they extend and override *keywords*. Roughly equivalent to:: def partial(func, *args, **keywords): @@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: :func:`classmethod`, :func:`staticmethod`, :func:`abstractmethod` or another instance of :class:`partialmethod`), calls to ``__get__`` are delegated to the underlying descriptor, and an appropriate - :class:`partial` object returned as the result. + :ref:`partial object<partial-objects>` returned as the result. When *func* is a non-descriptor callable, an appropriate bound method is created dynamically. This behaves like a normal Python function when |