Hi James, I'm trying to access the local bindings of the closure like it is an object (.-x bar) should give 1. I can use a defrecord for this but I want to use regular functions and no macro magic
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 9:01:22 AM UTC+3, James Gatannah wrote: > On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 1:22:42 PM UTC-5, Sonny To wrote: >> >> (defn foo[] >> (let [x 1] >> (fn [] >> (+ x 1) >> ) >> ) >> >> (def bar (foo)) >> >> Is there a way to get the value of x from closure bar? >> > > I may be describing this incorrectly. > > You're creating a top-level var named bar. > > You're calling the function foo, and associating the value it returns to > that var bar. > > foo's return value happens to be a function that looks like it should be a > counter. Except that, in clojure, it isn't. > > This vaguely looks like an approach to lexical closures that I vaguely > remember from scheme textbooks (and Paul Graham essays). > > What are you really trying to do? > -- 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.
