New to Clojure -- Errors Are Frustrating

2011-08-02 Thread recurve7
In browsing this group I see this topic has been brought up several times over the past 3 years, so I apologize for revisiting it. I just downloaded Clojure and was excited to try it, but so far trying to move beyond simple examples has often resulted in me making a mistake that yields a Java exce

Re: New to Clojure -- Errors Are Frustrating

2011-08-02 Thread recurve7
Thanks for the replies. I see 1.3 Beta 1 provides some more Java context that helps me find the problem, although it still doesn't afford Clojure its own uniquely-searchable error system or positional error references. On Aug 2, 6:31 am, Sergey Didenko wrote: > It got improved a lot in Clojure 1.

Re: New to Clojure -- Errors Are Frustrating

2011-08-02 Thread recurve7
Thank you, Ken. It's encouraging to see the community is thinking of ways to improve this. On Aug 2, 6:39 am, Ken Wesson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:11 AM, recurve7 wrote: > > Here's one example where recursion and lack of positional error > > feedback make i

Re: New to Clojure -- Errors Are Frustrating

2011-08-02 Thread recurve7
character position on a line, which is common in many languages now. On Aug 2, 6:53 am, Jeremy Heiler wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:11 AM, recurve7 wrote: > > Here's one example where recursion and lack of positional error > > feedback make it hard for me, as someone coming fr