It's fairly common to let over a function, e.g.:
(let [a (atom 0)]
(defn next-id []
(swap! a inc)))
In the above, the atom can only be referenced from within the lexical
scope of the let, hence essentially private to the next-id function.
On Oct 11, 8:03 am, lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote:
> (:use [clojure.contrib.def])
>
> (defvar- x ...)
>
> A bit shorter than writing the meta-data by hand.
>
> Def provides a number of other interesting shortcuts. Have a look at
> def.clj in contrib.
> I prefer to keep things private and avoid cluttering the use
> clause with a long :only list. I use :only only when I end up with a name
> conflict.
>
> Luc P.
>
> HiHeelHottie <hiheelhot...@gmail.com> wrote ..
>
>
>
>
>
> > I want to define and use a map that is private to a namespace and used
> > by several functions in that namespace. Is the idiomatic way simply
> > to def it within the namespace? Is there another way to hide it?
>
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