How to define a variadic function

Question

I\'m looking for something similar to Javascript\'s arguments array:

function parent(){
  child.apply(this.arguments);
}

I\'m awar

Answer 1

You want:

(define (parent . args) 
   args) ; args is a list

Which is infact the 'default' implementation of list.

(define (list . x) x)

The error message when applying (define (parent . ) ...) seems wrong, also, the code should not have compiled in the first place as it is invalid syntax. Might imply a bug with the version of Chicken Scheme you are using.