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.. versionadded :: 3.13
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- .. opcode :: CALL_FUNCTION_EX (flags)
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-
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- Calls a callable object with variable set of positional and keyword
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- arguments. If the lowest bit of *flags * is set, the top of the stack
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- contains a mapping object containing additional keyword arguments.
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- Before the callable is called, the mapping object and iterable object
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- are each "unpacked" and their contents passed in as keyword and
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- positional arguments respectively.
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- ``CALL_FUNCTION_EX `` pops all arguments and the callable object off the stack,
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- calls the callable object with those arguments, and pushes the return value
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- returned by the callable object.
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-
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- .. versionadded :: 3.6
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+ .. opcode :: CALL_FUNCTION_EX
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+
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+ Calls a callable object with a variable set of positional and keyword
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+ arguments collected at runtime. It expects (in ascending order):
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+
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+ * the callable object
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+ * ``NULL `` (a marker used in the calling convention; may be elided in
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+ optimized internal forms)
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+ * a :class: `tuple ` containing the positional arguments
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+ * either ``NULL `` or a :class: `dict ` containing the keyword arguments
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+
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+ The positional arguments tuple and the keyword arguments dict are each
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+ "unpacked" and passed to the callable. ``CALL_FUNCTION_EX `` pops all these
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+ items and pushes the callable's return value.
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+
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+ Earlier Python versions documented an integer *flags * operand indicating
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+ the presence of a mapping object for keyword arguments; this no longer
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+ applies. The opcode itself no longer has a separate operand or flag bits
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+ for this purpose in Python 3.14 and later.
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+ .. versionadded :: 3.6
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+ .. versionchanged :: 3.14
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+ The obsolete *flags * argument was removed from the documentation; the
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+ opcode no longer uses an operand to signal presence of ``**kwargs ``.
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.. opcode :: PUSH_NULL
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