define(function () { // Some functions take a variable number of arguments, or a few expected // arguments at the beginning and then a variable number of values to operate // on. This helper accumulates all remaining arguments past the function’s // argument length (or an explicit `startIndex`), into an array that becomes // the last argument. Similar to ES6’s "rest parameter". function restArguments(func, startIndex) { startIndex = startIndex == null ? func.length - 1 : +startIndex; return function() { var length = Math.max(arguments.length - startIndex, 0), rest = Array(length), index = 0; for (; index < length; index++) { rest[index] = arguments[index + startIndex]; } switch (startIndex) { case 0: return func.call(this, rest); case 1: return func.call(this, arguments[0], rest); case 2: return func.call(this, arguments[0], arguments[1], rest); } var args = Array(startIndex + 1); for (index = 0; index < startIndex; index++) { args[index] = arguments[index]; } args[startIndex] = rest; return func.apply(this, args); }; } return restArguments; });