My guess is that `merge` has an invariant "if all args are nil, return nil", making calls to `seq` "contagious" from args to return value.
=> (merge (seq {}) (seq {})) nil Just a guess though. Thanks, Ambrose On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Brian Marick <mar...@exampler.com> wrote: > Why does `(merge)` return nil? I would have expected it to return the unit > ({}) by analogy with things like this: > > (+) => 0 > (*) => 1 > > ----- > Brian Marick, Artisanal Labrador > Contract programming in Ruby and Clojure > Occasional consulting on Agile > > > -- > 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