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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, routine, *args):
 """This is a newer, less-verbose interface that calls the old philistine one. This should be used. """


        (query, replacements) = self.__build_query(routine, args)

        return self.__execute_text(query, **replacements)