I've been trying to understand the macro syntax in clojure. I think macro's are closer to the kind of functionality I'm looking for (as opposed to multi-methods) but I'm not sure.
http://gist.github.com/126315 I wrote the above code, which simply processes Java-style Properties files (using the java interfaces) as a learning exercise. It works, but I'm still hazy about exactly why it works. I spent a lot of time figuring out the escape/not escape syntax. What do you recommend as a starting place for understanding what needs to be escaped, and what doesn't? Is that even the right question? What's the best way to learn the proper care and feeding of macros? Is there another/better way of passing a method name to a function as an argument than via a macro? Another question I have is that the Properties class is listed as being thread safe. Does that mean it can safely be used in the multi-threaded Clojure app? Lastly, is there any way to turn a string into a :thing? For example, I've got "stow" and I want a function that returns :stow. Thank you --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
