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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index aa9768f035..c4231e7728 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ Glossary A list of bytecode instructions can be found in the documentation for :ref:`the dis module <bytecodes>`. + callable + A callable is an object that can be called, possibly with a set + of arguments (see :term:`argument`), with the following syntax:: + + callable(argument1, argument2, ...) + + A :term:`function`, and by extension a :term:`method`, is a callable. + An instance of a class that implements the :meth:`~object.__call__` + method is also a callable. + callback A subroutine function which is passed as an argument to be executed at some point in the future. |