On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Stuart Halloway > <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I like to use the *form* for names that might be dynamically rebound. >> Thinking about removing them from snake and apple as well. > > Based on the reply from Chouser, I think you should keep the asterisks > around snake and apple because they do get rebound. I removed the > asterisks from my constant names and added them to *snake* and > *apple*.
Sorry for the confusion, but I meant *asterisks* are usually used for vars that are meant to be rebound thread-locally using 'binding' or one the of macros that generates 'binding' (such as 'with-out-str'). 'snake' and 'apple' are normal "constant" Vars that never receive a new value anywhere in the code -- their values are always the same two Refs. The Refs do get new values, but we're reminded of their mutability by a @ every time their value is used. Code like @*foo* is not something I've seen in any code Rich has written, so I think Stuart is right in considering removing the asterisks on *apple* and *snake* --Chouser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
