.. 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):
: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