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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions Doc/library/functools.rst
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Expand Up @@ -205,10 +205,11 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:

.. function:: partial(func, *args, **keywords)

Return a new :class:`partial` object which when called will behave like *func*
called with the positional arguments *args* and keyword arguments *keywords*. If
more arguments are supplied to the call, they are appended to *args*. If
additional keyword arguments are supplied, they extend and override *keywords*.
Return a new :ref:`partial object<partial-objects>` which when called
will behave like *func* called with the positional arguments *args*
and keyword arguments *keywords*. If more arguments are supplied to the
call, they are appended to *args*. If additional keyword arguments are
supplied, they extend and override *keywords*.
Roughly equivalent to::

def partial(func, *args, **keywords):
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:func:`classmethod`, :func:`staticmethod`, :func:`abstractmethod` or
another instance of :class:`partialmethod`), calls to ``__get__`` are
delegated to the underlying descriptor, and an appropriate
:class:`partial` object returned as the result.
:ref:`partial object<partial-objects>` returned as the result.

When *func* is a non-descriptor callable, an appropriate bound method is
created dynamically. This behaves like a normal Python function when
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