Name

__call__

Synopsis

__call__(self[,args...])

When you call x ( [args...] ), Python translates the operation into a call to x .__call__( [args...] ). The formal arguments for the call operation are the same as for the __call__ method, minus the first argument. The first argument, conventionally called self, refers to x, and Python supplies it implicitly and automatically, just as in any other call to a bound method.

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