Hey Timothy

So I honestly don't mean to be a smart ass, but there are 6 defn- functions
in clojure.core.async - how do you test those? Or are they just considered
internals to other public functions?

cheers, J


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Timothy Baldridge <tbaldri...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I say this too many times on this list, but I'll say it again. The best
> way to test defn- functions is to never use defn- in the first place.
> Instead move implementation functions into an internal namespace that way
> they can be accessed if needed, but are out of the way of the public api.
> It also makes it easier for your users to tap into the core of your
> library/application if needed. Trust your users to make good decisions,
> make everything public, separate via namespaces.
>
> For an example of this see: http://github.com/clojure/core.async
>
> Timothy
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:53 AM, mynomoto <mynom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can use a macro. Look how on
>> http://nakkaya.com/2009/11/18/unit-testing-in-clojure/
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 5:44:21 AM UTC-3, Hussein B. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I like to use (defn-) when it comes to internal implementation
>>> functions. But since they aren't exposed, how to unit test them?
>>>
>>> Of course, I'm using Lein and clojure.test
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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