Subject: Re: bug#17623: 24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in (elisp) `Calling Functions'

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:38:21 +0200

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]> writes:
>
> > Why again was saying something like "note that unlike the built-in
> > function this version accepts any number of arguments" rejected?
>
> Would this resolve any remaining confusion in this paragraph?

Yes.

I would also replace "M<N" with "M<=N"; there are useful cases with M=N,
e.g.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defalias 'make-minibufferless-frame
  (apply-partially #'make-frame '((minibuffer . nil))))
;; (make-minibufferless-frame) => [a new frame without a minibuffer]
#+end_src

Michael.