codeql/python/ql/src/Expressions/UseofApply.qhelp at codeql-cli-2.19.2 · github/codeql · GitHub

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<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC

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"qhelp.dtd">

<qhelp>

The 'apply' function is deprecated and makes code harder to read as most Python programmers

will not be familiar with it (it has been deprecated since 2003).

</overview>

Replace <code>apply(function, args)</code> with <code>function(*args)</code>.

Replace <code>apply(function, args, keywords)</code> with <code>function(*args, **keywords)</code>.

</recommendation>

<li>Python Standard Library: <a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#apply">apply</a>.</li>

<li>Python PEP-290: <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0290/">Code Migration and Modernization</a>.</li>

</references>

</qhelp>

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