GNU bug report logs - #17623
24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in (elisp) `Calling Functions'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 23:55:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 17623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#17623: 24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in (elisp) `Calling Functions'
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:38:21 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> 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.
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