> is the @ symbol the same as a var-get . . . or is that an atom. @ is a reader macro that translates to (deref ) which works on vars, atoms, refs, agents. and yes is interchangeable with var-get.
> Your sentence about atoms was very compound. I'm not sure if you said that >you > used an atom but you didn't have to . . . .or you didn't use an atom because > it wasnt necessary . . . . or you did use an atom because it was necessary > with 'with-local-vars', but it wasn't necessary to use 'with-local-vars'? > So I don't understand your point, even after reading the thread you referred > me to. Did you use an unsafe atom? I assume that's what you were saying. I should have been more clear. Someone else recommended using an atom, I was explaining why that might not be a good idea. I am not advocating using either a variable or atom. > incidentally, the following code works: > > (with-local-vars [x 3] > (while (> (var-get x) 0) > (var-set x (- (var-get x) 1))) > (var-get x)) > > did I replace your use of unsafe atoms with closure.lang.Vars ???????? or, > again, is @ just short hand for var-get? Yup, just shorthand for var-get. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
