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bug#40968: 28.0.50; (apply nil)
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#40968: 28.0.50; (apply nil) |
Date: |
Wed, 6 May 2020 06:02:45 -0700 |
Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com> writes:
> (apply FUNCTION ARGUMENT &rest ARGUMENTS), I guess. I missed it in the
> first patch.
Thanks.
FWIW, I still think we should avoid changing the function signature if
at all possible.
apply is fundamental to Lisp, and has been defined like this for a
long time. See the definition of "The Universal S-Function apply" in
John McCarthy's paper: [1]
apply[f;args] =eval[cons[f;appq[args]];NIL],
Also note that it is still defined like this elsewhere:
Scheme: (apply function argument-list)
Common Lisp: apply function &rest args+ => result*
Clojure: (apply f args)
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
Footnotes:
[1] http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive.pdf
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