source: frontend/node_modules/underscore/modules/restArguments.js

// 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".
export default 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);
  };
}