OK, I should have just tried passing in 'and at the REPL before posting. Of course, it works. Is this the idiomatic way? I'm still curious about short-circuiting.
On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Johnny Kwan wrote: > Hi, > > This is a very basic question, but I can't find the answer anywhere. How do > you take the "and" or "or" of sequence? They are defined as macros and can't > be passed into "apply" or "reduce". Is there some reader macro character to > force it? Also, how does one write it so that it will short-circuit? > > The specific problem I'm trying to solve is to see if two sequences of > strings "=" each other. If one sequence is shorter, the "=" comparison stops > at the end of the shorter sequence. So I've been trying to do a simple > (reduce and (map = seq1 seq2)). > > Even if there is a core lib function that does this (probably some prefix > compare), I'd like to know how to pass macros as functions. I'm also curious > about short-circuiting. > > Thanks, > Johnny -- 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
