There are a few reasons to reject this style of code: 1. It's typically less performant. 2. It's more prone to error. 3. It's not particularly idiomatic.
Also, as this is a learning exercise, I suspect that the question is directing you toward a more functional solution. - James On 20 March 2014 19:34, Andy Smith <the4thamig...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Is is very bad form to use local mutable state to solve problems like : > > https://www.4clojure.com/problem/114 > > i.e. > > (fn [n f xs] (let [c (atom 0)] (take-while #(if (f %) (> n (swap! c inc)) > true) xs))) > > If so, what is the strongest reason to reject this kind of code? Since its > a local atom it ought to be thread-safe right? > > Thanks > > Andy > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
