transcendental-lisp/src/eval/FUNCALL.java

package eval;

import sexpression.*;

/**
 * <code>FUNCALL</code> represents the FUNCALL function in Lisp.
 */
public class FUNCALL extends LispFunction {

    public SExpression call(Cons argList) {
        // make sure we have received at least one argument
        if (argList.nullp()) {
            Cons originalSExpr = new Cons(new Symbol("FUNCALL"), argList);

            throw new RuntimeException("too few arguments given to FUNCALL: " + originalSExpr);
        }

        SExpression cdr = argList.getCdr();
        Cons applyArgs = new Cons(argList.getCar(), LIST.makeList(cdr));

        return APPLY.apply(applyArgs);
    }

}