There's certainly better, but at least, you can try this :

(def void)

(.isBound (var void))
; or (.hasRoot (var void)) depending on what you want

-- 
Laurent

2009/2/13 Conrad <drc...@gmail.com>

>
> Hi, is there a standard way to tell if a variable is bound? I couldn't
> find a way.
> Basically I want something like this, but without the horrible hacks:
>
> (defn bound? [var]
>    (try (eval var)
>           true
>           (catch java.lang.Exception x false)))
>
> > (bound? 'foo)
> false
> > (def foo 33)
> 33
> > (bound? 'foo)
> true
>
>
> >
>

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