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+(ns clojure.core-test.apply
+  (:require [clojure.test :as t :refer [are deftest is testing]]
+            [clojure.core-test.portability #?(:cljs :refer-macros :default :refer) [when-var-exists] :as p]))
+
+(when-var-exists apply
+  (deftest test-apply
+    (is (= 0 (apply + nil)))            ; Apply + with no args
+    (is (= 0 (apply + '())))
+    (is (= 0 (apply + [])))
+    (is (= 0 (apply + {})))             ; map is a sequence of map entries
+    (is (= 0 (apply + #{})))
+    (is (= 0 (apply + "")))             ; string is a sequence of characters
+
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 nil)))          ; Apply + with 1 arg and empty sequence
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 '())))
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 [])))
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 {})))
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 #{})))
+    (is (= 1 (apply + 1 "")))
+
+    (is (= 1 (apply + '(1))))           ; Zero non-sequence arg
+    (is (= 3 (apply + 1 '(2))))         ; One non-sequential arg
+    (is (= 6 (apply + 1 2 '(3))))       ; Two non-sequential args
+    (is (= 10 (apply + 1 2 3 '(4))))    ; Three non-sequential args
+    (is (= 15 (apply + 1 2 3 4 '(5))))  ; Four non-sequential args
+    (is (= 45 (apply + (range 10))))    ; All args as sequential
+    (is (= 10 (apply + 1 [2 3 4])))
+    (is (= 10 (apply + 1 #{2 3 4})))    ; A set works but order not guaranteed
+    (is (= #{[:a 1] [:b 2]}             ; Can't guarantee order of map entries
+           (apply conj #{} {:a 1, :b 2})))
+    (is (= [\a \b \c]                   ; String is sequence of chars
+           (apply conj [] "abc")))
+
+    ;; Try various IFn things
+    (is (= 1 (apply {:a 1} [:a])))            ; apply map to key
+    (is (= 1 (apply :a [{:a 1}])))            ; apply keyword to map
+    (is (= 2 (apply [0 1 2 3 4] [2])))        ; apply vector to index
+    (is (p/thrown? (apply 2 [[0 1 2 3 4]])))  ; but numbers don't implement IFn
+    (is (= :a (apply #{:a :b :c} [:a])))      ; apply set to element
+    (is (= :a (apply :a [#{:a :b :c}])))      ; apply keyword to set
+
+    ;; apply recrusively
+    (is (= 10 (apply apply + [1 2 [3 4]])))
+
+    ;; validate that `apply` doesn't try to further evaluate its
+    ;; arguments. If the infinite range is realized, we would expect
+    ;; an OOM Exception at some point.
+    (is (= 3 (count (apply conj [] [1 2 (range)]))))))