Even if this gets fixed, I don't think it's a good idea to give parameters the same name as a widely used function. It's bound to confuse someone.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Hugh Winkler <hwink...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just encountered a surprise attempting to return a function from a > function. In the below case, if the function parameter is named "fn", > then calling the function throws an exception. If the function > parameter is named "f", no problem. (Using svn as of yesterday) > > (defn no-problem[f] > (fn [] (apply f []))) > (no-problem #(prn 99)) ;; returns a function as expected > > (defn problem[fn] > (fn [] (apply fn []))) ;; same code as above but renamed > function parameter to "fn" > > (problem #(prn 99)) ;; prints out "99" and throws an exception : > > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong number of args passed to: > dispatch$eval--3402$fn (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0) > [Thrown class clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException] > > Restarts: > 0: [ABORT] Return to SLIME's top level. > 1: [CAUSE] Throw cause of this exception > > Backtrace: > 0: clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4179) > 1: clojure.core$eval__3733.invoke(core.clj:1582) > --more-- > > Regards, > > Hugh > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
