Method for gathering an argument list?

[davep]

I'll admit that my Scheme is a little rusty, so forgive me if I'm missing something.

I was looking for a way to get the whole argument list of a function in a single variable. The way I recall doing this in scheme is as follows:

(define (pointless-list . args) args)

The result of the above being something like:

> (pointless-list 1 2 3 4)
(1 2 3 4)

However, in ECMAchine:

ecmachine:/startup guest$ (define (pointless-list . args) args)
ecmachine:/startup guest$ (pointless-list 1 2 3 4)
[USER]: Apply Error: Incorrect number of parameters: expecting (. args) but received (1 2 3 4)

Am I missing something or is this an omission?

[AlexNisnevich]

You're right - this is an omission. At the moment, there's no way to get the whole argument list of a function.

[AlexNisnevich]

Note to self: function objects probably need to have a new boolean property that is true iff the final argument takes all remaining arguments passed in.