You have several options for this in Clojure. However, rebinding the same
toplevel var that holds the original function is probably not the right way
to do this if you want to be able to retrieve the old function value later.
Consider the following approaches:
1. Define a single multi-arity function:
(defn fetch-data
([arg1 arg2] (db/fetch-data ...))
([arg1 arg2 & args]
(let [result (fetch-data arg1 arg2)]
;; do something with the remaining args
(transform-result result))))
2. Derive the second function by composition:
(defn fetch-data [arg1 arg2] (db/fetch-data ...))
(def fetch-transformed-data
(comp transform-result fetch-data))
3. Use "let" to rebind the function's definition within a lexical scope:
(defn fetch-data [arg1 arg2] (db/fetch-data ...))
;; ...somewhere later in my program...
(let [fetch-data (fn [arg1 arg2] (transform-result (fetch-data arg1 arg2)))]
(fetch-transformed-data "foo" "bar"))
;; Note: While this works, it is pretty sketchy. You should probably just
call the new local version of the function something else.
4. Use "binding" to rebind the function's definition within a dynamic scope:
(defn ^:dynamic fetch-data [arg1 arg2] (db/fetch-data ...))
;; ...somewhere later in my program...
(let [fetch-data-orig fetch-data]
(binding [fetch-data (fn [arg1 arg2] (transform-result (fetch-data-orig
arg1 arg2)))]
(fetch-data "foo" "bar")))
;; Note: You can't use binding to create a self-referential (recursive)
function or you will trigger an infinite recursion. Use let to close over
the original value of fetch-data before referencing it within the body of
the new function used with binding.
There are probably several other approaches that you could experiment with
as well if you wanted to look a bit farther afield. IMO, I would just go
with the function composition solution. It's clear and concise and doesn't
require you to remember the specifics of dealing with recursion in dynamic
binding forms.
Happy hacking!
Gary
On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 2:58:29 PM UTC, Janko Muzykant wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there an way to replace body of existing (interned) function with own
> code still being able to call original fn?
> Suppose, I have a function:
>
> (defn fetch-data [arg1 arg2]
> (db/fetch-data ...))
>
> I would like to intern a slightly modified version of this fn. Something
> like this:
>
> (defn fetch-data [& args]
> (let [result (apply original-fetch-data args)]
> (transform-result result)))
>
> The problem I see is how to keep the reference to original fetch-data fn
> (here denoted by original-fetch-data),
> so it could be still called in a altered version of fetch-data function.
>
> Best,
> JM.
>
>
>
>
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