On Nov 30, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > A) let-> becomes as-> > > Fine with that. > > B) test-> becomes cond-> > > Fine with that (because I can't think of anything better). > > C) when-> becomes some-> > > and in doing so, tests for non-nil rather than truth. > > Given that some-> threads while non-nil but the fn some stops with the first > logical true value, this seems counter-intuitive to me. when-> seems better > here, or while-> perhaps? What other names were considered?
when and while also use logical truth. We don't have anything where the basis is non-nil. Thus my extended description of how some* could come to occupy that role. Avoiding some-> due to the less-often used function means the only other viable alternatives are: a completely new name thread only logical truth (i.e. can't thread false) one alternative was: is-> -- 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
