Just a generic question: why one would use apply()?
In Learning Python, on page 357, there is an example of generating an
instance using apply():
class A:
def __init__( self, number ):
self.number = number
a = apply( A, 3 )
What is the benefit of doing this over simply creating an instance "the usual way":
a = A( 3 )
No benefit. See 2.2 Non-essential Built-in Functions in the Python Library Reference. 'Use of apply() is not necessary since the ``extended call syntax,'' as used in the last example, is completely equivalent."
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