I am going to vote twice on this one. +2 for adding compact to Clojure. :-)
(1) This idiom will occur everywhere. It certainly does in the other languages I use. (2) Clojure needs compact *more* than these other languages, if functions like max are going to fall out with NPE. I like the idea of functions not being generally nil-safe where there is no obvious interpretation for nil. But that raises the need for compact. Stuart > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Paul Stadig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Something like (filter #(identity %) coll) works, but would it be >> possible >> to add a 'squeeze or 'compact function so we could do something >> like (apply >> max (compact coll))? > > I like how few functions clojure has built in (compared to say common > lisp). It think this is partly achieved through arity overloading, > but also careful choices about what to include based on how easy it is > to get what you need through composition. > > Is it really worth documenting and making everyone learn what > "compact" means, so that you can say: > > (compact coll) instead of: > (filter identity coll) ? > > --Chouser > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
