I wrote this, which seems to solve the problem being discussed: http://gist.github.com/377278
Thoughts? On Apr 23, 8:10 am, Armando Blancas <armando_blan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Is there any easy workaround which doesn't involve defing a global > > conn. > > To do all in a single place you'll have to mimic the Java idiom. > > (let [conn (atom nil)] > (try > (reset! conn (API/getConnection ...) ... > (catch ...) > (finally (if @conn (API/closeConnection @conn))))) > > As it's been explained, a better way would be a variant of with-open, > maybe within a try form if you want to handle open errors locally. > > -- > 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 > athttp://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