Hard to debug TypeError: arguments[i].apply is not a function

Packages version:

• webpack: 1.12.14
• tapable: 0.1.10

While editing webpack config file we met the following error:

<<PROJECT_PATH>>\node_modules\tapable\lib\Tapable.js:164
                arguments[i].apply(this);
                             ^

TypeError: arguments[i].apply is not a function
    at Compiler.apply (<<PROJECT_PATH>>\node_modules\tapable\lib\Tapable.js:164:16)

and that seemed a situation similar to issue #697 .

We were able to spot the offending change after some time, but still the message was not at all helpful. In our case, error was due to the following:

config.plugins = [
  // some plugins added here ...
];

// further down

config.plugins.push([
  // another plugin here, but mistakenly added as a whole array
]);

The fix was of course to properly add the new plugin as a single item:

config.plugins.push(
  // another plugin here, correctly added as a single item
);

Request: try to improve argument checking or anyway improve error messages.

Thanks for your time spent on this great project!