On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Allen Rohner <aroh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed an inconsistency with refs and get:
>
> (def ref-map (ref {:a 1, :b 2}))
>
> (ref-map :a)
> => 1
>
> (get ref-map :a)
> => nil
>
> Now I haven't seen any documentation that getting the value of a ref
> without a @/deref is supported at all, so maybe this isn't supported.It isn't, and that's not what you are seeing. Refs implement IFn by dispatching to their values. > But if those forms are supported, both forms should return the same > value, I disagree. When you understand what's happening (Refs implement IFn by dispatching, just like Vars), you see that it has nothing to do with obtaining the value of a ref without deref, and get can't work since it doesn't take a ref. > and if it isn't supported, I think they should throw > exceptions. > > I'm willing to write patches either way. > No patch needed. Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
