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<overview>

<p> 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).

</p>

</overview>

<recommendation>

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

</p><p>

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

</p>

</recommendation>

<references>

<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>

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