Fix regression in multiplication

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index d4c9412..c091259 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Runtime
 -------
 Variables use per-block dynamic scoping.  Arguments to a block (which is a list
 of lists) are assigned to local variables named `1`, `2`, etc., and the full
-list of them is stored in `*`.
+list of them is stored in `args`.
 
 When evaluating a command, the first argument is typically a string with its
 name and it is resolved as if `set` was called on it.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Install development packages for GNU Readline to get a REPL for toying around:
 
 Possible Ways of Complicating
 -----------------------------
- * `local [_a _b _rest] @*` would elegantly solve the problem of varargs,
+ * `local [_a _b _rest] @args` would elegantly solve the problem of varargs,
    that is, unpack a list when names are list, and make the last element a list
    when there are more arguments than names
  * reference counting: currently all values are always copied as needed, which
diff --git a/ell.c b/ell.c
index fdade77..a3a6e34 100644
--- a/ell.c
+++ b/ell.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ execute_statement
 static bool
 args_to_scope (struct context *ctx, struct item *args, struct item **scope) {
 	if (!check (ctx, (args = new_list (args)))
-	 || !scope_prepend (ctx, scope, "*", args))
+	 || !scope_prepend (ctx, scope, "args", args))
 		return false;
 
 	size_t i = 0;