Thanks for the info - The macro in question was in a library I was using... I just ended up writing a function to build a data structure that did exactly what I needed.
First hand lesson that data structures > functions > macros Thanks, Jason Lewis Email jasonlewi...@gmail.com Twitter @canweriotnow <http://twitter.com/canweriotnow> Blog http://decomplecting.org About http://about.me/jason.lewis On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk > wrote: > > > The obvious answer is use a function and not a macro. So, for instance.... > > user> (defn f[x] (println x)) > #'user/f > user> (f [1 2 3]) > [1 2 3] > nil > user> (def x [1 2 3]) > #'user/x > user> (f x) > [1 2 3] > nil > > In this case, the arguments are evaluated before being passed. x evals > to [1 2 3] while [1 2 3] evals to itself. > > What circumstances do you want the argument to *not* be evaled? Unless > there is one, why use a macro? > > Phil > > > Jason Lewis <jasonlewi...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hey, Clojure n00b here... I'm working with a macro that expects a vector > > and iterates over the contents with a `for` form. I had naively assumed > > that it would work equally well to pass it a var containing the vector, > but > > instead it tries to iterate over the individual symbol and the output is > > munged. > > > > I also tried passing the fn call that I was using to build the vector, > with > > no better results. Is there any way to force evaluation so the macro > 'sees' > > the vector it expects instead of trying to work on the symbol or form > that > > I pass it? > > > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
