I believe it stands for "member function". From the doc string: "Expands into code that creates a fn that expects to be passed an object and any args and calls the named instance method on the object passing the args. Use when you want to treat a Java method as a first-class fn."
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Garth Sheldon-Coulson<g...@mit.edu> wrote: > Out of curiosity, does anyone know what memfn stands for? Is it an > abbreviation? Fn obviously stands for function. Mem calls to mind memoize, > but I'm not sure I see how memfn memoizes anything... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
