bug#18399: 24.4.50; nadvice :filter-args -vs- interactive

[Stefan Monnier]

Michael> According to the doc (of `add-function'), an filter-args advice
Michael> function has to accept exactly one argument (which is bound to
Michael> the list of given arguments).  So I think what you see is
Michael> expected.
Michael> I have stumbled over that behavior several times myself.
> I looked at the docs again and I agree.  Sorry about the noise.  Perhaps
> a note and/or a small example here would be nice for future users.  If
> we were both fooled by this then perhaps others will be as well.

FWIW, the use of a single formal arg receiving the actual arg-list
in :filter-args is based on performance reasons (we have the list
anyway, so it's more efficient to pass it to `funcall' than to `apply').


        Stefan