Thanks. So it isn't a counterexample to my rule of Thumb
'If it is isn't in Halloway you shouldn't be using it' I'll catch you out one day. On Feb 24, 2:19 pm, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > You don't need (and shouldn't use) eval for this: > > @(resolve (symbol "age"))) > > Stu > > > Have found what I am trying to do eval > > > I am working through the Halloway book, which doesn't seem to have > > eval in the index, so I probably should excuse myself my ignorance. > > > Is there much a performance impact of using eval,as presumably the > > compiler can't do much until runtime? Or is the idea of functional > > languages to delay as much until runtime as possible anyway? > > > On Feb 24, 11:16 am, Quzanti <quza...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> I am sure this is really obvious but as I don't know the technical > >> term for what I am trying to do I can't google it > > >> (def age 3) > > >> then > > >> (cons (symbol "age") [2 1]) > > >> I get > > >> (age 2 1) > > >> rather than > > >> (3 2 1) > > >> which is what I was hoping for. Or maybe you cannot do this at > >> runtime? > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
