merge-with says it returns a map, but if you give it no arguments it gives you back nil instead of the empty map.
In my code, I had something like: ((apply merge-with concat maps) key) and got NPE rather than "nil" when "maps" was empty. It looks like "merge" has the same issue too. Cheers, Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---