Re: Is there a function for auto currying in Elisp?

["Clément Pit-Claudel" <cpitclaudel@gmail.com>]

On 2017-12-21 11:13, Nicolas Petton wrote:
> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>> I've been looking for a function that would automatically curry its
>>> argument, but couldn't find it.  Maybe I just missed it?
>>>
>> apply?
> 
> I'm looking for function that would curry arguments, as opposed to a
> partial application.
> 
> For instance, it would transform a function that takes A B and C as
> parameters into a closure like:
> 
>   (lambda (a)
>     (lambda (b)
>       (lambda (c)
>         (funcall f a b c))))
> 
> (Meaningless) example:
> 
>   (let ((people '(((name . "Bob") (age . 21))
>                   ((name . "John") (age . 32))))
>         (get (curry #'alist-get)))
>     ;; Retrieve all names
>     (mapcar (funcall get 'name) people)) ;; => ("Bob" "John")

apply-partially is the closest you'll get, I think.