Hozumi, nested defn's are definitely not recommended. I suggest using letfn for the inner function.
Bill Smith Austin, TX On Feb 10, 3:28 pm, Hozumi <fat...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > Is it not recommended to use defn within defn? > > Normal function is faster than the function which has inner function > which actually doesn't run. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > (defn aaa1 [] > (defn bbb [] 1) > 1) > > (defn aaa2 [] 1) > > user> (time (dotimes [_ 10000000] (aaa1))) > "Elapsed time: 4083.291 msecs" > nil > user> (time (dotimes [_ 10000000] (aaa2))) > "Elapsed time: 58.34 msecs" > nil > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > In scheme's case both code have been excuted in the same time. > > None of clojure code I have seen have inner function. > I like inner function because it doesn't consume a name from namespace > and make it clear that inner function is only used by outer function. > Thanks. -- 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
