Yes, I said that it's *like *function composition in reverse order. And only if you apply the function returned by comp, as I did in my example. It's not to be taken too literally, but it is perhaps helpful for people coming from language that have function composition but no analogue to ->.
On Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:03:20 UTC+1, Marko Topolnik wrote: > > On Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:51:10 PM UTC+2, Matthew Hill wrote: > >> Function composition is done via comp. Using -> and ->> is like function >> composition in reverse order (though there's a difference between how the >> two thread return values), and often it reads more naturally. > > > -> applies the functions immediately whereas comp returns a new function > that is the composition of its arguments. > > -> works with functions of any arity; comp only with unary functions. > > As pointed out above, -> merely combines the unevaluated forms it is > given, and only if they happen to be function application forms will the > result be similar to function composition. > > -marko > -- -- 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.
