I see Guess I'm a bit too much used to programming javascript where a function always carries its source around with it - a very very convenient tool in very functional languages where functions are passed along so often....
anyway, gr8 thanks! Oded On Jul 7, 12:11 pm, Sunil S Nandihalli <sunil.nandiha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oded, > If you look at the source of source .. you will notice that the source is > not stored in the meta information but it just picks up the filename and > line-number form the meta info of the function and reads the corresponding > files to obtain the source.. > > This would not be possible if you defined a function at the repl .. this > will not possible.. > > Sunil > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Oded Badt <odedb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, the command you wrote indeed works, but I cant get it to work > > for just 'some' function I defined in the repl. > > Here's my repl transcript, let me know what I'm doing wrong > > > user=> (def f (let [a 5] (fn [x] (+ x a)))) > > #'user/f > > user=> (f 6) > > 11 > > user=> (read-string (with-out-str (source f))) > > Source > > > thanks > > Oded > > > On Jul 2, 11:20 pm, Shantanu Kumar <kumar.shant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > To get the source form of the function "map?": > > > > (read-string (with-out-str (source map?))) > > > > This may not work only when the function has been AOT'ed already. Hope > > > this helps. > > > > Regards, > > > Shantanu > > > > On Jul 2, 11:34 am, Oded Badt <odedb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > Does anyone know of a way, given a function, to discover it's closure > > > > programatically? > > > > I often find myself holding a pointer to such a function that only > > > > when knowing to what values it is bound to one can tell what it > > > > actually does. > > > > > So it can be very helpful to be able to query the runtime (generally > > > > in the repl) what the function is bound to > > > > > thanks > > > > Oded > > > -- > > 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
