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Add additional links and index entries for "argument" and "parameter".

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This adds to the work done for issue #15990 (i.e. f44b8d69e5fc and the
commits referenced there).
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Chris Jerdonek 2012-12-25 14:54:44 -08:00
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@ -600,17 +600,18 @@ upper bound and stride, respectively, substituting ``None`` for missing
expressions.
.. index::
object: callable
single: call
single: argument; call semantics
.. _calls:
Calls
-----
.. index:: single: call
.. index:: object: callable
A call calls a callable object (e.g., a function) with a possibly empty series
of arguments:
A call calls a callable object (e.g., a :term:`function`) with a possibly empty
series of :term:`arguments <argument>`:
.. productionlist::
call: `primary` "(" [`argument_list` [","] | `comprehension`] ")"
@ -628,11 +629,14 @@ of arguments:
A trailing comma may be present after the positional and keyword arguments but
does not affect the semantics.
.. index::
single: parameter; call semantics
The primary must evaluate to a callable object (user-defined functions, built-in
functions, methods of built-in objects, class objects, methods of class
instances, and all objects having a :meth:`__call__` method are callable). All
argument expressions are evaluated before the call is attempted. Please refer
to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal parameter lists.
to section :ref:`function` for the syntax of formal :term:`parameter` lists.
.. XXX update with kwonly args PEP