bug#45333: complex command history should not save optional nil parameters

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Sorry, both (foo [bar zot] ...) and "doing low level stuff" sound a bit
> too hypothetical for me to get a sense of what we're talking about.
>
> More specifically I don't know of any use of advertized signature that
> presents the args with a [...] notation, 

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setq is a special form in src/eval.c.

(setq [SYM VAL]...)
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> and I can't remember ever needing a pretty arglist when working on
> "low-level stuff".

You don't need the pretty arglist, but it can be informative.

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