Already several times it was discussed that we might add the splat function to Base that would have the following definition: splat(f) = x -> f(x...) then we could also consider adding: slurp(f) = (x...) -> f(x) (the need for this has not been reported but it is a natural consequence of the firs…

splat is available nowadays, under the proposed name. slurp is not necessary, instead of slurp(f), just do f ∘ tuple.

Consider adding splat and slurp functions

stevengj September 28, 2026, 9:26am 3

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