Hi Tom, "try" is a special form, and "test" is a function.
Stu > I know I should not be naming my functions the same thing as ones in > core but was surprised when I wrote the following > https://github.com/thattommyhall/tth-SICP/blob/master/1-35.clj > I have being doing the SICP stuff in clojure and accieently copied > "try" as the fn name and it did not work, I noticed a colleague chose > "test" and it did work, but test is in core too so I don't get the > difference. > > Playing around on the repl I get > user> (defn try [] ()) > #'user/try > user> (defn test [] ()) > WARNING: test already refers to: #'clojure.core/test in namespace: > user, being replaced by: #'user/test > #'user/test > user> (try 1) > 1 > user> (test 1) > Throws "Wrong number of args (1) passed to: user$test" (as you would > expect from my defn of test) > > user> (user/try 1) > and > user> (user/test 1) > both > throw the error. > > > Why can test be shadowed and not try? Am I missing something? > > Tom > > -- > 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 -- 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
