On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Fogus <mefo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for this. I agree that a different name would be much more > clear.
Here's one from chapter 7. Section 7.1.2, near the end, has: "Perhaps you see a familiar pattern: we apply the column-names vector as a function across a set of indices, building a sequence of its elements at those indices. This action will return a sequence of the values of that row for the supplied column names, which is then turned into a vector so that it can then be used as the sorting function" This does not seem to be correct. It seems to be applying the row map as a function across a seq of column names, building a sequence of its elements at those column keys. This action will return a sequence of the values of that row for the supplied column names, which is then turned into a vector so that it can then be used as the sort key. The function that *returns* the vector is the sorting function. (Interesting that sort will sort vectors, by "lexicographic" ordering. It doesn't seem to like lists, though, which is odd since the same rule would naturally apply. (Sure it could hang on infinite seqs, but so do lots of other functions, such as print and doall. And it could be implemented, probably fairly easily, to consume only as much of a seq as was needed to determine the sort position; then it would only hang if it hit two infinite seqs that were equal, e.g. two copies of (iterate inc 1).)) -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- 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
