Unless I've missed something implicit in your post, why do present us (and
particularly ajay, who's trying to understand the language) what I would
consider an abuse of macro, where regular functions would do the job very
well ?

2009/12/13 mbrodersen <morten.broder...@gmail.com>

> There is nothing "wrong" about objects in Clojure as long as the
> objects are immutable.
>
> Some people tend to think that "functional" is anti-"object oriented".
> That is IMHO the wrong way to think. They complement each other. Why
> limit the tools in your toolbox? F# (for example) shows how it can be
> done elegantly.
>
> Here is one (quick and dirty done in 5 min) way of using objects in
> Clojure that (again IMHO) is fully compatible with the "Clojure style"
> of programming because the objects (maps) are immutable:
>
> (defmacro ? [object value]
>        "Get an object value - same as object.value in OO but immutable"
>        `(get ~object (keyword (str '~value))))
>
> (defmacro ! [object method & args]
>        "Call an object method - same as object.foo(); in C# but immutable"
>        `((get ~object (keyword (str '~method))) ~object ~...@args))
>
> (defmacro != [object name value]
>        "Set an object value - same as object.value = foo; in OO but
> immutable"
>        `(assoc ~object (keyword (str '~name)) ~value))
>
> (defmacro !fn [object name fn & args]
>        "Execute a function on an object value and sets the object value to
> the result - roughly same as using mutable object but done in an
> immutable style"
>        `(assoc ~object (keyword (str '~name)) (~fn (get ~object (keyword
> (str '~name))) ~...@args)))
>
> --
> 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
>

-- 
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

Reply via email to