you could try using contracts to specify what keys are supposed to be in the map, or just use pre/post conditions built in to clojure?
https://github.com/fogus/trammel On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Jason Bennett <jaso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Over the last month, I've been learning clojure for my new job, and taking > Odersky's scala course on coursera. I've been enjoying my time with clojure > much more, but the one thing I miss from scala is the ability to document a > data structure. It's really nice in Java/Scala to type in an object and get > a list of methods/members that are available, instead of having to trace the > code and/or guess. > > I've seen things in clojure like defrecord, but have not seen good examples > of if this is a good way to give some structure to my data. I don't want to > turn clojure into an OO language, but there are times when I'm passing > around a large map that it would be nice to be able to know what to expect. > > jason > > -- > 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 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
