Thanks guys. Now i understand its for "marking" functions containing io so that they blow up if they are used inside transactions. I am still learning clojure and i have decided to take some time to understand every function in the core API.
Josh. On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Alex Baranosky < alexander.barano...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do any of you ever use io! ? I've never used it, but could see using it > if I had a transaction-heavy application. > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Michael Klishin < > michael.s.klis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2013/5/30 Josh Kamau <joshnet2...@gmail.com> >> >>> Whats the point of using io! inside dosync if all it does is make an >>> exception to be thrown? >> >> >> The point is to mark side-effecting code so that you can't accidentally >> use it in a transaction. >> -- >> MK >> >> http://github.com/michaelklishin >> http://twitter.com/michaelklishin >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. > > > -- -- 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.