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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 1c3ee12..34d583a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -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 |