Re: Docs for &optional and &rest arguments together

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On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 05:08:10PM +0000, arthur miller wrote:
> It Is flera för me hos it work. What I am saying is that docs does not say 
> that we can't omit "optional" c or d when &rest is used. In the examples you 
> are illustrating with, one can't omit say d and write (foo a b  c  e), both c 
> and d are required, so user has to pass explicitly at least nil if not d is 
> provided: (foo a b c nil e)
> 
> Documentation is talking about being able to omit either optional or rest 
> arga, but does not touch on the case when one pass both optional and rest 
> together. In that case optional is not optional any longer.
> 
> I don't understand why is it so difficult to see what I am talking about :-).

I know, it's difficult. It's as difficult for me to see your point.
I'm not being deliberately dense (I take you don't assume that
either). At least not more than I am by nature :)

> Anyway: Happy new year's eve and all best in 2021!

Likewise. All the best!

Cheers
 - t

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