Huh. Isn't a unicode composition symbol harder to type than comp? If it's for readability, I'd rather go with the emacs hacks.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > Found it. See > https://github.com/hiredman/odds-and-ends/blob/8a84e6ddbad9d71f714ba16c3e1239633228a7eb/functional.clj#L94 > > On Nov 16, 10:06 am, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > > Ask on #clojure about this. Someone (hiredman, I think?) has a macro > > that rewrites code using some funky unicode characters. I can't find > > it at the moment, but it might be what you're looking for. > > > > On Nov 16, 9:51 am, "Eric Schulte" <schulte.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Just to follow up, I'm now using the following to pretty up Clojure > code > > > in Emacs > > > > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > > > ;; symbols for some overlong function names > > > (eval-after-load 'clojure-mode > > > '(font-lock-add-keywords > > > 'clojure-mode > > > (mapcar > > > (lambda (pair) > > > `(,(car pair) > > > (0 (progn (compose-region > > > (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > ,(cadr pair)) > > > nil)))) > > > `(("\\<fn\\>" ,(make-char 'greek-iso8859-7 107)) > > > ("\\<comp\\>" ?∘) > > > ("\\<partial\\>" ?þ) > > > ("\\<complement\\>" ?¬))))) > > > #+end_src > > > > > I think the results look quite nice, a small example is attached > > > > > abbrev-function-names.png > > > 5KViewDownload > > > > > Best -- Eric > > > > > "Eric Schulte" <schulte.e...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > Thanks for sharing this. It seems like the best compromise between > the > > > > desire to keep my code brief (at least to my eyes) without wanting to > > > > introduce my own custom function names for global functions. > > > > > > If you don't mind I'd like to add this to my fork of the Emacs > Starter > > > > Kit (will credit you as author). > > > > > > Best -- Eric > > > > > > Paul Hobbs <paul.mcdill.ho...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > >> Well, for those who use emacs, you could always make it *look* like > it was > > > >> pretty... For example: > > > > > >> (eval-after-load 'clojure-mode > > > >> '(font-lock-add-keywords > > > >> 'clojure-mode `(("\\<fn\\>" > > > >> (0 (progn (compose-region > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > >> ,(make-char 'greek-iso8859-7 107)) ;; a lambda > > > >> nil))) > > > >> ("\\<comp\\>" > > > >> (0 > > > >> (progn (compose-region > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > >> "∘ ") > > > >> nil))) > > > >> ("\\<partial\\>" > > > >> (0 > > > >> (progn (compose-region > > > >> (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) > > > >> "𝒫 "))))))) > > > > > >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Cyrus Harmon < > cyrushar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >>> I think the minimal character count for composition and partial > functions > > > >>> in haskell are some of the reasons that haskell code is so > impenetrable to > > > >>> non-haskell hackers. Feel free to rig up crazy unicode characters > to any > > > >>> identifier you want in your own code, just don't ask me to read or > debug any > > > >>> of it. > > > > > >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Paul Hobbs wrote: > > > > > >>> Coming from Haskell, where composition and partial functions are > cheap and > > > >>> free in terms of character count, it is actually pretty > discouraging to have > > > >>> to spell it out in Clojure for the same effect. Some of the cases > where you > > > >>> "should" be using multiple expressions in Clojure would be > perfectly clear > > > >>> in Haskell as one expression... > > > > > >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Sean Corfield < > seancorfi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Alan <a...@malloys.org> wrote: > > > >>>> > The one that bugs me is complement - such a long name for a > commonly- > > > >>>> > useful function. I often wind up defining ! as an alias for > > > >>>> > complement, but maybe others will think that is poor style. > > > > > >>>> Possibly because bang functions indicate "Here be dragons" in > terms of > > > >>>> mutating state? e.g., set! > > > > > >>>> Are you really using complement a lot? 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