Re: CALL-ME vs. Callable

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jon Lang <[email protected]> wrote:

> So what is the assuming method, and why is it in a callable role? What was
> the logic behind that decision?


It's perfectly sensible: it's how you implement partial application (which
as sadly usual is mis-called "currying"). &some-callable.assuming(foo) is a
callable (and a Callable; note however that some-callable is not
necessarily a Callable!) which, when invoked, invokes
some-callable(foo, <*parameters
to invocation here*>).


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