# HG changeset patch # User Paul Boddie # Date 1385388192 -3600 # Node ID f2a948d357c9e758a80002ae63ec1de7f1629cda # Parent 59be62d8e75ff0afa8c2caf854fbccfb31a5a7d2 Added information about the different invocation functions in syspython. diff -r 59be62d8e75f -r f2a948d357c9 docs/syspython.txt --- a/docs/syspython.txt Mon Nov 25 14:49:43 2013 +0100 +++ b/docs/syspython.txt Mon Nov 25 15:03:12 2013 +0100 @@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ same name but is not actually that particular function. A family of special functions for invocations exists, addressing optimisation -situations identified by program analysis. +situations identified by program analysis: + + apply # general invocation + applyclass # direct invocation of an instantiator + applyfunction # function-specific invocation + applystaticmethod # specific invocation of a method via a class + applymethod # specific invocation of a method via self Low-Level Code --------------