On Jan 11, 2:28 am, Tom Hall wrote:
> I know I should not be naming my functions the same thing as ones in core
You can and should, as long as it makes your life easier and doesn't
get too confusing for readers. Just make sure you're able to access
the original core bindings if you need them:
(n
To expand on this:
user=> (defn try [] 5)
#'user/try
user=> (try) ; `try` alone is resolved to the special form
nil
user=> (#'try) ; obtaining the `try` var works just fine
; (vars currently delegate function calls to their values)
5
user=> (@#'try) ; explicitly deref'ing the fn fro
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Stuart Halloway
wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> "try" is a special form, and "test" is a function.
>
> Stu
Cheers Stu, should have thought of that.
Am I correct in thinking only 3 possibilitys for "try" in
(try 1)
special form, macro, function
?
Are the special forms imple
Hi Tom,
"try" is a special form, and "test" is a function.
Stu
> I know I should not be naming my functions the same thing as ones in
> core but was surprised when I wrote the following
> https://github.com/thattommyhall/tth-SICP/blob/master/1-35.clj
> I have being doing the SICP stuff in clojur
