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diff lispref/functions.texi @ 39168:0317f0f05c37
Minor clarification.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:50:20 +0000 |
| parents | 82306439b33d |
| children | 3e0b4b8d4f7e |
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--- a/lispref/functions.texi Thu Sep 06 19:49:21 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/functions.texi Thu Sep 06 19:50:20 2001 +0000 @@ -364,9 +364,11 @@ There is no way to have required arguments following optional ones---it would not make sense. To see why this must be so, suppose that @code{c} in the example were optional and @code{d} were required. -Suppose three actual arguments are given; which variable would the third -argument be for? Similarly, it makes no sense to have any more -arguments (either required or optional) after a @code{&rest} argument. +Suppose three actual arguments are given; which variable would the +third argument be for? Would it be used for the @var{c}, or for +@var{d}? One can argue for both possibilities. Similarly, it makes +no sense to have any more arguments (either required or optional) +after a @code{&rest} argument. Here are some examples of argument lists and proper calls: