Thanks for the reply. I wasn't trying to be critical. I have a similar situation where I'm using an atom instead of a ref, and wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything in my understanding of refs vs. atoms.
I am using clojure-http currently and it works quite well, thank you! It's very easy to use. Also I've learned a lot by looking at the code, which is clear and well written. Steve On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> wrote: > 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<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
