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Source C code of function 'apply'

I referenced C-h f apply for the source code of "apply", it prompts References C code is not yet loaded. but does not hint the destination file. Execute grep-find within Emacs repo thus return no ...
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Use Elisp macro instead of two function arguments?

Is the following sort of shortcut macro possible to implement? (defmacro region-end-beg () "Replacement for '(region-end) (region-begin)' in source code" (...)) So that (buffer-substring (region-...
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Difference between apply and funcall

(describe-function apply) says: apply is a built-in function in ‘src/eval.c’. ...
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Rewriting `defadvice' as `advice-add' makes advice ineffective

I am trying to make undo-tree auto compress the history save file. The document suggests adding the following advice (defadvice undo-tree-make-history-save-file-name (after undo-tree activate) (...
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Apply of a logic function over a list

I'm trying to apply a logic function over a list, but: e.g.(apply 'and some_list) give me Invalid function: and. There is a way to apply a logical function to a list?
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Return Value of apply-partially

I'm playing around with apply-partially and I'm confused about what gets returned when calling this function. The documentation states that apply-partially returns a function, but then I'd expect to ...
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apply partially last arg

Is there something like apply-partially (apply-partially FUN &rest ARGS) Return a function that is a partial application of FUN to ARGS. ARGS is a list of the first N arguments to pass to FUN. ...
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Writing bytes to a file using library f.el [duplicate]

I'm trying to do something very simple, write bytes to a file using the f library: (require 'f) And I create a list of bytes: (setq random-data (loop for i from 0 to 40 collect (random 150))) So ...
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How can I use a var to provide multiple arguments to a function? [duplicate]

Here is a simple example in which I would like to replace (start-process "ls" "*temp*" "ls" "-l" "-a" "-t" "-r") ; this works with (setq some-var ????) ; <-- Need to figure this part out (start-...
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turn a list into a set of arguments for a function [duplicate]

I have a defun get-quotes with one mandatory and 2 optional arguments. I would like to do something like this: (let ((articles '("/home/matt/art/mice.pdf" '("/home/matt/art/cats.pdf" "Smith, ...