The attention-span constraint gives this challenge the aspect of a migration. Consider it that way and solutions emerge. In particular - attend to the interfaces between functions, and do whatever you like inside the functions. You could adjust the program incrementally, whenever convenient. During the transition your program would remain operable. There is more than one way to do this.
In any case you would prepare by writing array-to-map and map-to-array translator functions (with very short names). Then you could modernize a function by converting its arguments to maps on their way in, and converting outputs to arrays on their way out. Eventually your program would contain a ton of a->m and m->a calls and you could decide whether you had the attention span to finish the job and get rid of them. A twist on this technique, if attention span permits, would involve less noise but more work at the outset: adapt every function, all at once, with an adapter of its inputs, m?->a because initially all functions want arrays. Then there will be no need to instrument the functions' outputs. As you convert each function to desire maps instead of arrays, switch its m?->a to a?->m. Here the translators have question-marks because they should pass-through the parameter without changing it if it's already the right shape. When every function has been switched over to a?->m, all the arrays will have vanished into the history books and you may remove the adapters. -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
