Thanks for the help!
I created a small function, which convert the nodes of a nested
collection to strings:
(defn rec-to-strs [f]
"recursively change parameters to strings"
(vec (for [c f]
(if (coll? c)
(vec (rec-to-strs c))
(str c)))))
I use this function from a macro as suggested.
On Oct 22, 4:53 pm, Sean Devlin <francoisdev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or, you could just write foo as
>
> ;;Adjusting for 2d
> (defmacro foo
> [vec-vec-of-symbols]
> (let [vec-vec-of-str (vec (map (comp vec (partial map str)) vec-vec-
> of-symbols))]
> `(foo* ~vec-vec-of-str)))
>
> This let you write foo* to handle strings. Anyway, the key thing to
> note in both examples is that the heavy lifting is delegated to
> another function. This is an element of good macro design.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> On Oct 22, 10:29 am, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > On Oct 22, 4:22 pm, Tzach <tzach.livya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I’m writing a small facility which get vector of vectors of names
> > > (strings) and print them in a special format.
> > > Something like (foo [[“aname” “a-different-name”] [ “oneMoreName”]])
> > > This works fine, but make it hard to write all the quotations when
> > > many parameters are used.
>
> > > What is the simplest way to define foo as
> > > (foo [[aname a-different-name ] [oneMoreName]]) ?
>
> > > Is macro required? (I guess it is)
>
> > It is, but a simple one. Rename your foo function to foo* and create a
> > simple macro called foo like that:
>
> > (defmacro foo
> > [vec-of-symbols]
> > `(foo* (quote ~vec-of-symbols)))
>
> > There you go. (Of course you must now handle Symbols in your foo* star
> > function instead of Strings...)
>
> > Sincerely
> > Meikel
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