Just syntactical convenience I believe: #((+ 1 %1)) looks silly :) #(+ 1 %1) is nicer but more restrictive.
Notably you can still do multiple things: user=> (#(let [] (println "hi") (+ 1 %1)) 1) hi 2 On Feb 11, 3:09 pm, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just checking my understanding of the rules for writing anonymous functions > ... > (fn [args] ...) allows any number of expressions in its body. > #(...) only allows a single expression in its body, correct? > Why the difference? > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
