Isn't the dot just like Clojure's *comp*? As Allan correctly points out, the thrushes are macros that combine the given forms in a specified way, which only under certain constraints has the effect of composing function applications, whereas *comp* is truly a function composition operator.
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:25:18 PM UTC+2, Maik Schünemann wrote: > > if you come from the haskell world, it is like . piplining - but in > reverse order > I needed some time to get used to it but I really like -> ->> as-> ... to > structure my code. > It helps to see the sequence of functions that operate on your data > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Alan Malloy <al...@malloys.org<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Not even that: -> is not a function composition operator at all, but a >> form-rewriting macro. You can perfectly well write (-> [x xs] (for (inc >> x))) to get (for [x xs] (inc x)), and that is not composing any functions. >> The two things are entirely separate. >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:45:55 PM UTC-7, Marko Topolnik wrote: >>> >>> I guess you mean the monadic bind operation, but -> is not it. The only >>> conceptual connection between *bind* and -> is that they are both some >>> kind of function composition operators. >>> >>> -marko >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 8:21:43 PM UTC+2, Plinio Balduino wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi there >>>> >>>> Is it correct to say that -> operator is a kind of monad in Clojure? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance. >>>> >>>> Plínio Balduino >>>> >>> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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.
