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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _call(self, x, out=None, **kwargs):
 """Raw evaluation method."""

        if out is None:
            return self._call_out_of_place(x, **kwargs)
        else:
            self._call_in_place(x, out=out, **kwargs)