Commit cf4710c3 authored by Chris Jerdonek's avatar Chris Jerdonek

Add additional 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).
parent b0d1c37d
......@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ In the unlikely case that you care about Python versions older than 2.0, use
apply(g, (x,)+args, kwargs)
.. index::
single: argument; difference from parameter
single: parameter; difference from argument
.. _faq-argument-vs-parameter:
What is the difference between arguments and parameters?
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......@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ Glossary
function
A series of statements which returns some value to a caller. It can also
be passed zero or more arguments which may be used in the execution of
the body. See also :term:`argument` and :term:`method`.
be passed zero or more :term:`arguments <argument>` which may be used in
the execution of the body. See also :term:`parameter`, :term:`method`,
and the :ref:`function` section.
__future__
A pseudo-module which programmers can use to enable new language features
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......@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ is equivalent to ::
statement.
.. index::
single: parameter; function definition
.. _function:
.. _def:
......@@ -467,12 +470,15 @@ is equivalent to::
def func(): pass
func = f1(arg)(f2(func))
.. index:: triple: default; parameter; value
When one or more top-level parameters have the form *parameter* ``=``
*expression*, the function is said to have "default parameter values." For a
parameter with a default value, the corresponding argument may be omitted from a
call, in which case the parameter's default value is substituted. If a
.. index::
triple: default; parameter; value
single: argument; function definition
When one or more top-level :term:`parameters <parameter>` have the form
*parameter* ``=`` *expression*, the function is said to have "default parameter
values." For a parameter with a default value, the corresponding
:term:`argument` may be omitted from a call, in which
case the parameter's default value is substituted. If a
parameter has a default value, all following parameters must also have a default
value --- this is a syntactic restriction that is not expressed by the grammar.
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......@@ -667,17 +667,18 @@ 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` [","]
......@@ -696,12 +697,15 @@ 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 certain class instances themselves are callable; extensions may
define additional callable object types). All argument expressions are
evaluated before the call is attempted. Please refer to section :ref:`function`
for the syntax of formal parameter lists.
for the syntax of formal :term:`parameter` lists.
If keyword arguments are present, they are first converted to positional
arguments, as follows. First, a list of unfilled slots is created for the
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