On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Rock <rocco.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Given that there's nothing like letrec in Clojure, and that let acts
> like let* in CL, I gather that local recursive functions are possible
> whereas local mutually recursive ones are not. Is that correct? If so,
> will they ever be in the future?
I assume you meant "are not possible". I think someone previously
posted a letrec macro using something he called a "Y* combinator". I
don't know what that is, but he said it was slow.
Here's another way. Nothing about it is pretty, but it is a
possibility:
(let [my-even-atom (atom nil)
my-even? (fn [i] (@my-even-atom i))
my-odd? (fn [i]
(if (zero? i)
false
(@my-even-atom (dec i))))]
(swap! my-even-atom
(constantly (fn [i]
(if (zero? i)
true
(my-odd? (dec i))))))
(my-odd? 4))
Ick. But perhaps a macro could make style less terrible to use?
--Chouser
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