Hi all, I find the proposed function let-> in Clojure 1.5 very useful, but a bit ugly. The arguments are backwards when compared to vanilla let, and it doesn't support destructuring where it easily could (which I believe would be helpful when threading 'state-like' maps, as I find let-> very useful for).
I'd like to float an alternative implementation which improves on both these issues. Thoughts? (defmacro new-let-> "Establishes bindings as provided for let, evaluates the first form in the lexical context of that binding, then re-establishes bindings to that result, repeating for each successive form" [bindings & forms] (assert (vector? bindings) "binding must be a vector") (assert (= 2 (count bindings)) "binding vector must contain exactly two forms") `(let [~@bindings ~@(interleave (repeat (bindings 0)) (drop-last forms))] ~(last forms))) (new-let-> [{:keys [foo bar] :as state} {:foo 1 :bar 2}] (assoc state :foo (inc bar)) (assoc state :bar (inc foo))) ; => {:foo 3, :bar 4} -- *Alex Nixon* Software Engineer | SwiftKey *a...@swiftkey.net** | http://www.swiftkey.net/* ++++++ WINNER - MOST INNOVATIVE MOBILE APP<http://www.swiftkey.net/swiftkey-wins-most-innovative-app-at-mwc> - GSMA GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS 2012 Head office: 91-95 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0AX TouchType is a limited company registered in England and Wales, number 06671487. Registered office: 91-95 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0AX -- 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