What code would this make simpler? Are you constantly having to check this special case? If not, I don't see a reason to include it. -- Paul Hobbs
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Eugen Dück <eu...@dueck.org> wrote: > When I do > > (apply interleave some-colls) > > and some-colls is a sequence/collection of only one sequence/ > collection, it will throw: > > user=> (apply interleave [[1 2]]) > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong number of args passed to: > core$interleave (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0) > > (Of course I don't need the apply to cause that exception, but calling > interleave directly with just one parameter doesn't make any sense. > But in the case you use apply, having only one sequence in a sequence > is a possible corner case that can arise "at run time") > > In order to make interleave more general, I'd like to add a "one param > overload" to interleave like > > (defn interleave > "Returns a lazy seq of the first item in each coll, then the second > etc." > ([c] (seq c)) > ... > > or even just > > (defn interleave > ([c] c) > > but that would break the contract of interleave, in that it returns > whatever you pass in, which might not be a sequence, as is the case in > my example. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Eugen > > -- > 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@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
