Re: Compiler macro for apply-partially

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> For us slower kids, this explicit approach might look like:
>>
>> (cl-flet ((curried (arg3)
>> 		   (function-to-apply-partially arg1 arg2 arg3)))
>>   (curried "arg3"))
>>
>> Either that or just plain `let' a lambda, and then `funcall' it?
>
> I just meant that instead of writing
>
>     (apply-partially #'foo arg1 arg2)
>
> you write
>
>     (lambda (arg3 &optional arg4 ...)
>       (foo arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 ...))
>
> A compiler macro can't easily do it for you because it's between hard
> and impossible to automatically guess the (arg3 &optional arg4 ...)
> part.

Gotcha, thanks.