bug#14892: [PATCH] Enhance Elisp compare functions (< <= > >=) to take var args

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

>> Looking at your patch a second time, I don't see how/where it
>> handles (< a b c) in byte-compiled code: the byte-codes only
>> handle 2-arguments, and the byte-compiler is left unchanged.
> (disassemble (byte-compile (lambda () (< x y))))
> byte code:
>   args: nil
> 0       varref    x
> 1       varref    y
> 2       lss
> 3       return

> (disassemble (byte-compile (lambda () (< x y z))))
> byte code:
>   args: nil
> 0       constant  <
> 1       varref    x
> 2       varref    y
> 3       varref    z
> 4       call      3
> 5       return

Ha!  Indeed, it does!  great!

So could you change the bytecode.c code along the lines I suggested so
as to eliminate the slight speed penalty?


        Stefan