Using &rest parameters in Common Lisp

[zaxonus]

I am having some trouble using *&rest parameters* in a lisp program (with Common Lisp).

My knowledge of the syntax not being perfect, I may be doing something wrong.

I have two functions:

(defun func-one(&rest params) .....)

(defun func-two(param-a param-b &rest params) .....)

They are working but at some point, inside func-one I need to make a call to function-two, like this:

(func-two value-a value-b params)

I presume what I want is clear to a human reader, but my syntax is wrong because I get an error message like:

*** _ =: (1 2 3 4 5) is not a number

Since "&rest params" is meant to hold a list of numbers, I understand the message.
But how can I get the result I want?

(1 2 3 4 5) passed in the "&rest params" should be seen as : 1 2 3 4 5 by func-two
and not as one element which is a list (indeed not a number).

So, what is the right way to call func-two? Instead of what I did.

[nuntius]

You probably want something like this.

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(defun func-one (&rest params)
  (let ((value-a ...)
        (value-b ...)
    (apply 'func-two (cons value-a (cons value-b params)))
  ...))

[sylwester]

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(apply 'func-two (cons value-a (cons value-b params))

Isn't really needed since apply can be used like this:

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(apply #'func-two value-a value-b params)

[pjstirling]

... and if we're gonna necro, then it's also worth pointing out that sharp quote will do the right thing in the face of LABELS/FLET