Nice, yes, that works just as well :) On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:09:09 PM UTC-6, LaPingvino wrote: > > Didn't try, but shoudn't (def alist `(1 ~(fn [x y] (+ x y)))) be better? > Then you don't need the eval :) > > 2011/7/12 Benny Tsai <benny...@gmail.com> > >> alist is missing parens around the fn, so it's really a list of 4 elements >> like so: >> >> >> (1, fn, [x y], (+ x y)) >> >> So (second alist) returns just the symbol 'fn. And when you apply a >> Symbol to a list, the result is the last item in the list (not sure why). >> >> To do what you want, alist should be defined like this: >> >> (def alist '(1 (fn [x y] (+ x y)))) >> >> Also, it seems that the definition of the function needs to be eval'ed >> first to become an apply-able function. The following returns 4 in my REPL: >> >> (apply (eval (second alist)) '(1 3)) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@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+u...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> > >
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