functions without parentheses

[Robert Kern]

Jerry He wrote:
> Hi, 
>   Is it possible to create a function that you can use
> without parenthesizing the arguments? for example, for
> 
> def examine(str):
>      .....
>      .....
> 
> Is there some way to define it so that I can call it
> like
> 
> examine "string" 
> instead of examine("string")? 

No.

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