But then instead of

(if (not (empty? foo))
  (do-something-to foo)
  base-expr)

you could just write

(if (empty? foo)
  base-expr
  (do-something-to foo))

which maintains the "idiomatic" approach but is still "more obvious code", yes?

Sean


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Jonathan Fischer Friberg
<odysso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Alex Baranosky
> <alexander.barano...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Most of the code I see and write at work at Runa uses (not (empty? foo)).
>> I'll continue to defend the position that it is more obvious code, and
>> therefore better (imo :) )
>>
>> Alex
>
>
> Completely agree. (seq foo) says "nothing", but (empty? foo) says exactly
> what's going on.
>
> Jonathan
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