On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Steve Molitor <stevemoli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a clojure newbie trying to understand when to use atoms versus refs. > In clojure-http.resourcefully, if you use the with-cookies macro stores the > cookies in a thread local ref. Why a ref and not an atom? My impression is > that refs are for when you need to coordinate changes to more than one > variable, or maybe if you need triggered validations.
Actually you're correct; an atom would be better here. I wrote that code a long time ago and haven't used or looked at it since, but there's absolutely no reason to pull in the STM for state changes like that. -Phil -- 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
