David, thank you. Your answer seems to be nearest possible to the origninal spirit. Obviousely the way syntax-quote is resolved qualified with a namespace makes the easier way impossible.
Regards, alux On 18 Mrz., 22:17, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM, alux <alu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello! > > > I much enjoyed reading the tutorialhttp://www.lisperati.com/casting.html > > , mentioned by eyeris today. The most mind-extending thing (to me, > > having Java background) is the, admittedly non-idiomatic, use of > > symbols as data. > > > But I have two translation problems, I want to pose before going to > > sleep (its pitch dark in Europe :). First the easy one: > > > Common Lisp > > (defun describe-path (path) > > `(there is a ,(second path) going ,(first path) from here.)) > > You probably want > > (defn describe-path [path] > `(~'there ~'is ~'a ~(second path) ~'going ~(first path) ~'from ~'here)) -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
