On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Paul Mooser <taron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know this has been discussed on the list before to some extent, but > does clojure by default have any operations which actually do what > "contains?" sounds like it would do, for all collections? I know that > you can easily write something similar using "some", but often times > you just want to find if something is in a list of items. > > I've seen Rich say that contains? is for associative things, but I > think it is an unfortunate name - if the idea is to express that the > collection has a value for that key, I think the name would ideally > express that, like: > > contains-key? > has-key? > maps? > I would prefer has-key? for checking if a key is in a map and contains? for checking if an element is in a collection. -- Cosmin Stejerean http://offbytwo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
