Why is arity for many functions not just called with &args? For instance:

(source complement)
=>
(defn complement
  "Takes a fn f and returns a fn that takes the same arguments as f,
  has the same effects, if any, and returns the opposite truth value."
  {:added "1.0"
   :static true}
  [f]
  (fn
    ([] (not (f)))
    ([x] (not (f x)))
    ([x y] (not (f x y)))
    ([x y & zs] (not (apply f x y zs)))))

(source complement)
=>
(defn complement
  "Takes a fn f and returns a fn that takes the same arguments as f,
  has the same effects, if any, and returns the opposite truth value."
  {:added "1.0"
   :static true}
  [f]
  (fn
    ([] (not (f)))
    ([x] (not (f x)))
    ([x & zs] (not (apply f x zs)))))