Re: Having trouble understanding optional and variable amount of arguments

[David Kastrup]

Stefano Troncaro <address@hidden> writes:

> Thank you! I see that this is not an option then. Also, I now understand
> why I couldn't make the optional arguments work, since I always left them
> for last.
>
> Do you know if it is possible to have a flexible amount of optional
> arguments that appear before the last mandatory one? Say, for example
> (define-music-function (arg1 args music) (number? ??? ly:music?) where arg1
> and music are mandatory, and basically everything between arg1 and the next
> music expression is compacted into a list and accessed as args in the body
> of the function. Not with that syntax necessarily, but something that
> allows for that kind of usage?

You know that a number or symbol list can be entered as a
comma-separated list?

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David Kastrup