On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Steven E. Harris <s...@panix.com> wrote:
> Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> and to encapsulate as a function:
>>
>> (defn fmap [f m]
>> (into {}
>> (for [[k v] m]
>> [k (f v)])))
>
> Here, "fmap" is a poor choice of name, if it's meant to be a reference
> to Haskell's function of the same name. It's not obvious to me that
> mapping a function over a map should just apply the function to the
> values. Yes, applying the function to the keys instead could yield
> duplicates, but just because one choice of behavior isn't promising
> doesn't make the other choice obviously valid.
>
> If you called your function, say, "fmap-values" I would not have
> complained.
Please direct all complaints regarding calling it fmap to Sunil. He
was the first to suggest that name in this thread, not I.
(<aanlkti=-m4c2wwnhjta=jqfsfpzhnofed-hfzs-yb...@mail.gmail.com>)
I merely copied him.
:)
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