"""
Plain Python definition of the builtin functions oriented towards
functional programming.
"""

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def apply(function, args=(), kwds={}):
    """call a function (or other callable object) and return its result"""
    return function(*args, **kwds)

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def sorted(lst, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=None):
    "sorted(iterable, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) --> new sorted list"
    sorted_lst = list(lst)
    sorted_lst.sort(cmp, key, reverse)
    return sorted_lst