On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM, John Newman<john...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm a noob, so this is probably a dumb question but, how does this work with > closures? Can transients be closed over? > > Like, > >> (defn make-transient-counter [init-val] >> (let [acounter (transient [init-val])] >> (fn [add-val] (assoc! acounter 0 (+ add-val (nth acounter 0)))))) > > Is that possible? And if so, what are the thread-safety implications (if > any)? > ... > Oh, I just re-read the description page where Rich says, > >> Not persistent, so you can't hang onto interim values or alias > > So, would the above code throw an exception? >
No, it wouldn't (currently), but there is no reason to do that. There are the reference types for sharing things into unknown contexts, with multithreaded semantics. Refs, atoms etc. 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
