I was not aware of this, we used a macro I think in a few places, mainly to avoid adding an extra call. Luc P.
> The keyword arguments vs. (apply (apply)) issue has come up before: > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure-dev/9ctJC-LXNps/discussion > My take is: Use keyword arguments wherever appropriate and keep apply-kw > handy: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CINCU-3 > > > 2013/6/18 Softaddicts <lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> > > > I use destructuring most of the time, the main benefits I see are runtime > > validation > > of typo errors in the option names, better doc strings and the ability to > > provide defaults > > where nil does not make any sense. > > > > Of course you may need to use apply to pass options in turn to another fn > > but I found out that this happens most of the time internally, not in the > > public API. > > > > Sub-selecting options with select-key makes things easier to read when > > pruning > > options used by internal fns. > > > > Marginally slower but less brain estate is required to remember valid > > options. > > > > If the apply stuff gets repeatedly in the way, then use a macro to hide it. > > > > Luc P. > > > > > > > > -- > > Softaddicts<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail from my ipad! > > > > -- > > -- > > 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. > > > -- Softaddicts<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail from my ipad! -- -- 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.
