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3.3.4 Emulating callable objects

__call__(

self[, args...])

Called when the instance is ``called'' as a function; if this method is defined, x(arg1, arg2, ...) is a shorthand for x.__call__(arg1, arg2, ...).  

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Release 2.3, documentation updated on July 29, 2003.