It's because functions such as reduce, map, reverse, etc. only work on sequences, so they have to call seq on that argument. Strings just happen to be seq-able but calling seq on one returns a list of characters, so the result is one too. Reverse always returns a sequence and strings aren't technically sequences, so that's why it doesn't convert the characters back into a string.
On Wednesday, July 20, 2011, Basi Lambanog <restyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Any reason for the change in type after some operations, for example: > > user=> > (type (reverse "abc")) > clojure.lang.PersistentList > > user=> > (type "abc") > java.lang.String > > Since reverse operates on a string, shouldn't the result be a string > as well? There's a few more of these type re-casting after an > operation. > > Tuba > > -- > 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
