GNU bug report logs - #49316
Add apply-partially's right version

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, daanturo <at> gmail.com, 49316 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#49316: Add apply-partially's right version
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:10:36 -0700

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

> I'm not very enthusiastic -- is partial application used a lot now that
> we've got lexical binding?  Partial application has always seemed like
> One Weird Trick to me.
>
> On the other hand -- some people are used to programming using these
> idioms, so perhaps it makes sense to add a right version as well?

I don't think function currying (a.k.a. partial application) is a weird
trick, but I'm also not sure how important it is in Emacs Lisp given
that we prefer writing code in an imperative style.  And we can just
create a lambda instead; it is slightly more verbose but also slightly
more familiar.

I've personally missed this a couple of times though, so I definitely
wouldn't mind if it was added.

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