Well, Symbols implement the IFn and if you look at the invoke method, the arg passed to it is considered to be a map (I guess more like an environment it expects in which it will try to look for the symbol)
Anyways, since you've passed in a number, the look up in RT.getFrom leads to a null hence the nil ('f1 {'f1 3}) returns 3 FYI and ('f 1 'not-found) returns 'not-found On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 10:35:25 PM UTC+5:30, Johannes wrote: > > ... instead of an exception? > > Can anyone explain it to me? > > Johannes > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/f4fdcc4b-0145-49de-acec-5c2d815bcaa1%40googlegroups.com.