Makes sense, thanks
On Dec 30, 5:29 pm, pmf <phil.fr...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 11:08 pm, falcon <shahb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Impressive, source file and line numbers are already included!
> > I need to better understand reader macro (or where ever # comes from).
>
> You actually need to know two things regarding this issue.
>
> In function-definitions, the meta-data is actually assigned to the var
> referring to the function, not the function itself. For example, if
> you have a (defn some-fun [x] nil), this creates a var named some-fun
> that is assigned a function and its meta-data.
>
> Now, if you would use a plain (meta some-fun), you'd be referring to
> meta-data of the thing that the var some-fun is holding (the function
> itself, which has no meta-data assigned). The #' reader macro is the
> Clojure way of saying "I mean to the var itself, not the thing the var
> points to".
>
> I hope this explanation is not too confusing.
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