From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:27:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add a note that apply() is needed since the extended call syntax is
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Add a note that apply() is needed since the extended call syntax is
completely equivalent.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 4383b6e1d0e5..9a91ea9c4714 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ def my_import(name):
   \code{\var{function}(\var{args})}, since in that case there is always
   exactly one argument.  The use of \function{apply()} is equivalent
   to \code{\var{function}(*\var{args}, **\var{keywords})}.
+  Use of \function{apply()} is not necessary since the ``extended call
+  syntax,'' as used in the last example, is completely equivalent.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{buffer}{object\optional{, offset\optional{, size}}}