Thanks for the answer. Would there be any problems associated with changing the root bindings?
2011/6/19 David Powell <djpow...@djpowell.net> > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Andreas Liljeqvist <bon...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am trying to set! *printlength* to something not insanity inducing. >> Problem is that user.clj doesn't support set! >> > > Vars normally only have a global root binding. > When you use (binding [varname newvalue]) the var gets given a thread-local > binding, and you can change the value of that binding with set! > > The repl gives thread bindings to a number of variables that you might want > to change, but user.clj is called before the repl, and at that point the > vars just have their root bindings which set! can't changed. > > You could change the root binding from user.clj by using: > > (alter-var-root #'*print-length* (constantly 5)) > > -- > Dave > > > -- > 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
