loop/recur is more typical for this kind of counting loop, as it avoids the risk of a stack-overflow when the number of iterations is high.
Also, I recommend against the [a b & [n]] argument pattern here: https://stuartsierra.com/2015/06/01/clojure-donts-optional-arguments-with-varargs –S On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 8:02:14 AM UTC-4, Joeyjoejoe wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm just stating to learn clojure, i made a first read of "clojure > programming" to get the big picture, and i'm starting to play with the > repl, trying to solve some katas. A lot of theses katas involves returning > the count of loop iterations. Most of the time, i end up with this kind of > functions: > > (defn my-function [a b & [n]] > (if cond > (my-function new-a new-b (inc (or n 0)) > (or n defaut-value) > ) > ) > > What are the pros/cons of doing this? Are there any idiomatic ways of > doing this. > > Thank you > -- 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.
