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bug#49316: Add apply-partially's right version
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#49316: Add apply-partially's right version |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:50:57 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> Like Stefan, I don't find partial application weird.
> But I'm not sure what's the advantage of
>
> (apply-rpartially #'foo x y)
>
> over
>
> (lambda (a b) (foo a b x y))
The advantage is that the first form looks more mysterious and you can
use words like "currying" to sound smarter. :-)
> `apply-partially` was handy before we had `lexical-binding`, but
> I wouldn't have added it to Emacs after Emacs-24.
> We already have `dash.el` for those users who like this style.
I agree. So I think the conclusion here is that we don't want to add
apply-rpartially to Emacs core -- the people that prefer this style will
find more complete coverage in dash.el (which is on GNU ELPA).
So I'm closing this bug report.
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bug#49316: Add apply-partially's right version, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/24