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Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> And EXFUN just adds an unneeded level of obfuscation that doesn't help
>> code readability.
>
> I'm not sure the "plain" form is better, because of its length
> (especially if there are 3 args or more).

The only thing that matter is that the number of arguments matters
between the declaration an the function.  
Why would anybody count the number of arguments?
There's no way to make mistakes in calling with the wrong number of
arguments, the compiler won't let you....

Adding strange constructs like EXFUN has not value...