On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Ford <christophertf...@gmail.com>wrote:
> The reason "and" is a macro is that it's designed to short-circuit - ie if > the first result is false the rest shouldn't even be evaluated. > > Using it on raw booleans works, because booleans evaluate to themselves, > but it's really designed to be given forms. > The fact that booleans evaluate to themselves is irrelevant, and if it were relevant, "and" wouldn't work on forms in general. -- Ben Wolfson "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and social life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for pleasure." [Larousse, "Drink" entry] -- -- 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.
