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Invoke the target with `args...`, or throw if this object is empty.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_function.h>`

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RET
operator()(ARGS... args) const;
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== Description

If this object is empty, throw `bsl::bad_function_call`; otherwise invoke the target object with the specified `args...` and return the result (after conversion to `RET`). Note that, even though it is declared `const`, this call operator can mutate the target object and is thus considered a manipulator rather than an accessor.

== Return Value

result of invoking the target, converted to `RET`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *args*
| arguments forwarded to the target callable
|===


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