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Change fork() to accept multiple arguments

	fork() now allows functions that take any number of arguments. All additional
	arguments passed to fork are then passed to the function.
	This simplifies the overall API and do not require currying anymore.

--- a/lib9.c

+++ b/lib9.c

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@

 lfork(lua_State *L)

 {

 	char err[128];

+	int n;

 	if(lua_isfunction(L, 1) == 0)

 		return luaL_argerror(L, 1, "expected a function");

@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@

 	case 0:

 		break;

 	default:

-		lua_call(L, 0, 0);

+		n = lua_gettop(L);

+		lua_call(L, n - 1, 0);

 	}

 	return 0;

 }

--- a/samples/plumbmon.lua

+++ b/samples/plumbmon.lua

@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@

 	print(s)

 end

-function make_listener(port)

-	return function()

-			fd = plumb.open(port, plan9.OREAD)

-			while true do

-				local m = plumb.recv(fd)

-				log_message(port, m.data)

-			end

-		end

+function listen(port)

+	fd = plumb.open(port, plan9.OREAD)

+	while true do

+		local m = plumb.recv(fd)

+		log_message(port, m.data)

+	end

 end

 local ports = { "edit", "web", "image", "seemail" }

 for k,v in ipairs(ports) do

-	plan9.fork(make_listener(v))

+	plan9.fork(listen, v)

 end