def fun_as_arg(self, x, *args):
        """``fun_as_arg(x, fun, *more_args)`` calls ``fun(x, *more_args)``.

        Use case::

            fmin(cma.fun_as_arg, args=(fun,), gradf=grad_numerical)

        calls fun_as_args(x, args) and grad_numerical(x, fun, args=args)

        """
        fun = args[0]
        more_args = args[1:] if len(args) > 1 else ()
        return fun(x, *more_args)