Subject: bug#40968: 28.0.50; (apply nil)

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:28:43 -0400

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

>  apply function arg &rest more-args
>                 ^^^
>
> https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node81.html
>
> On the other hand the CL HyperSpec agrees with you:
>
>  apply function &rest args+ => result*
>
> http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_apply.htm

I think '&rest args+' is just BNF shorthand for 'arg &rest more-args'
(i.e., both signatures above require a total of 2 or more arguments).

http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/01_dab.htm