2009/2/26 Jeffrey Straszheim <straszheimjeff...@gmail.com>

> "partial" is a currying function.  It can be provided any number of
> parameter(s), but it is always behaves sequentially from start to finish.
>  That is what currying *is*.
>

Ah, I thought currying / uncurrying what the term reserved for this
operation (as I remember from Haskell) that changes the arity of functions (
transforming and untransforming a function of n parameters into a function
of a tuple of n elements) ?



>
> You can easily partially apply to other arguments by doing this: #(fred %1
> some-arg %2 other-arg).
>
> "partial" could not easily support "unapplying" it.
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Anand Patil <
> anand.prabhakar.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I could use a version of 'partial' that would allow me to:
>>
>> - Partially apply a function to any of its arguments, not just the
>> first one
>> - 'Unapply' a partially-applied function from one of its arguments.
>>
>> Is any such thing already available?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anand
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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