On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Tom Ayerst <tom.aye...@gmail.com> wrote: > Honestly? The second one, but I did say I didn't like the 'big let' style, > maybe that is why.
I think I may be in the minority on this. I suspect there are more people currently using Clojure who came to it from a Lisp background than a Java background. I had exposure to Lisp in college, but that was a long time ago. My recent experience has been more with Java and Ruby. Maybe that's why I find deeply nested function calls difficult to read. After three or four levels of nesting, the code is no longer obvious to me. The second option below is six levels deep. > Cheers > > Tom > > 2009/1/7 Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Tom Ayerst <tom.aye...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Mark, >> > >> I agree they could be inlined, but I find that style easier to read. >> For example, these are equivalent. >> >> (defn make-cookies-1 [flower baking-soda salt button sugar eggs] >> ; let describes the step-by-step process for making cookies. >> (let [bowl (find-bowl :small) >> bowl (add-ingredients bowl flower baking-soda salt) >> batter (mix bowl) >> batter (add-and-beat batter eggs flour) >> baking-sheet (find-baking-sheet) >> baking-sheet (make-dough-balls baking-sheet batter)] >> (bake baking-sheet))) >> >> (def make-cookies-2 [flower baking-soda salt button sugar eggs] >> (bake (make-dough-balls >> (find-baking-sheet) >> (add-and-beat (mix (add-ingredients (find-bowl) flower baking-soda >> salt) eggs flour)))) >> >> Which of these is easier to understand? -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
