[clisp-list] Re: bug report: too many arguments to +

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> * Bruno Caprile <pn...@vg...> [2005-01-19 15:11:56 +0100]:
>
>   clisp version 2.33.2 appears to show a problem when you try to add
> more than 4095 numbers (e.g., integers) as in
>
> (progn
>   
>   (setq l nil)
>   
>   (dotimes (i 4096)
> 	   (push i l))
>   
>   (apply #'+ l)
>   
>   )

CALL-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT
<http://www.lisp.org/HyperSpec/Body/convar_call-a_uments-limit.html#call-arguments-limit>

ANSI CL requires that CLISP guarantees that it will always accept this
many arguments.  No guarantee could have been made for the previous
value.

if you are hitting this limit, it means that you want to use REDUCE.

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