Undocumented TLisp feature: Variable arguments
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:05 am
While browsing Transcendence's source code, I came across a surprising comments that completely blew everyone's minds: you can actually make variable arguments!
And indeed it works. What's mind-blowing is that it's NEVER used ANYWHERE.
This allows you to create a higher-order function partial defined as follows
And indeed it works. What's mind-blowing is that it's NEVER used ANYWHERE.
This allows you to create a higher-order function partial defined as follows
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(setq partial
(lambda (func %args)
(block ((const_args %args)) ; Required to create a closure which stores frozen arguments and also create an alias for %args
(lambda (%args) ; partial returns a function
(apply func (append const_args %args)))))) ; func is stored in the closure and so is const_args,