On 17 February 2010 12:49, Terrence Brannon <scheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reference manual REPL transcript <http://clojure.org/special_forms> > makes it look like it is being used to retrieve the metadata: > > user=> ^#'mymax > ->{:name mymax, > :user/comment "this is the best fn ever!", > :doc "mymax [xs+] gets the maximum value in xs using > ", > :arglists ([x] [x y] [x y & more]) > :file "repl-1", > :line 126, > :ns #<Namespace user >,
This is actually outdated and should be corrected -- ^#'mymax breaks down as ^, then #', then mymax, which used to mean (meta (var mymax)), only the use of ^ in place of meta is deprecated now... Sincerely, Michał -- 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
