GNU bug report logs - #40968
28.0.50; (apply nil)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 40968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#40968: 28.0.50; (apply nil)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:36:52 +0300

> From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 07:36:26 +0000
> Cc: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 
> 	40968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> +@code{apply} with a single argument is special: the first element of
> +the argument, which must be a non-empty list, is called as a function
> +with the remaining elements as individual arguments.  Passing two or
> +more arguments will be faster.

This is okay, but I think the last sentence could be more explicit if
reworded like this:

  However, we recommend always passing 2 or more arguments, as the
  function works faster in that case.

Thanks.
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