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Merge from 3.3: add links and index entries for "argument" and "parameter."
This adds to the work done for issue #15990 (i.e. f44b8d69e5fc and the commits referenced there).
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g(x, *args, **kwargs)
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.. index::
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single: argument; difference from parameter
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single: parameter; difference from argument
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.. _faq-argument-vs-parameter:
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What is the difference between arguments and parameters?
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function
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A series of statements which returns some value to a caller. It can also
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be passed zero or more arguments which may be used in the execution of
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the body. See also :term:`argument` and :term:`method`.
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be passed zero or more :term:`arguments <argument>` which may be used in
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the execution of the body. See also :term:`parameter`, :term:`method`,
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and the :ref:`function` section.
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__future__
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A pseudo-module which programmers can use to enable new language features
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statement.
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.. index::
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single: parameter; function definition
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.. _function:
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.. _def:
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def func(): pass
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func = f1(arg)(f2(func))
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.. index:: triple: default; parameter; value
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.. index::
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triple: default; parameter; value
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single: argument; function definition
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When one or more parameters have the form *parameter* ``=`` *expression*, the
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function is said to have "default parameter values." For a parameter with a
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default value, the corresponding argument may be omitted from a call, in which
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When one or more :term:`parameters <parameter>` have the form *parameter* ``=``
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*expression*, the function is said to have "default parameter values." For a
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parameter with a default value, the corresponding :term:`argument` may be
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omitted from a call, in which
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case the parameter's default value is substituted. If a parameter has a default
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value, all following parameters up until the "``*``" must also have a default
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value --- this is a syntactic restriction that is not expressed by the grammar.
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expressions.
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.. index::
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object: callable
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single: call
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single: argument; call semantics
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.. _calls:
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Calls
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-----
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.. index:: single: call
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.. index:: object: callable
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A call calls a callable object (e.g., a function) with a possibly empty series
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of arguments:
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A call calls a callable object (e.g., a :term:`function`) with a possibly empty
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series of :term:`arguments <argument>`:
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.. productionlist::
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call: `primary` "(" [`argument_list` [","] | `comprehension`] ")"
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A trailing comma may be present after the positional and keyword arguments but
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does not affect the semantics.
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.. index::
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single: parameter; call semantics
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The primary must evaluate to a callable object (user-defined functions, built-in
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functions, methods of built-in objects, class objects, methods of class
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instances, and all objects having a :meth:`__call__` method are callable). All
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argument expressions are evaluated before the call is attempted. Please refer
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to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal parameter lists.
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to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal :term:`parameter` lists.
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.. XXX update with kwonly args PEP
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