In Scheme, the common scheme used to name functions with side effects is to append an exclamation mark to the function name. Obviously, the types of ways in which Clojure abstracts state modifications are more complicated and complete than Scheme, so maybe a function naming scheme for Clojure functions could be useful. Is there a naming scheme already being used out there or proposals for one? Here are a few examples of idioms I have seen that could maybe use a naming scheme:
1. Function that has a side effect: (defn alpha [msg] (println msg)) 2. Function that performs a transaction (and therefore has a side effect): (defn beta [] (dosync (ref-set foo 10))) 3. Function that needs to be in a transaction: (defn gamma [] (ref-set bar 42)) --Kevin Albrecht --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
