(my-map :my-key) has felt more natural to me, and I suspect it's because it feels more OO to me (for better or worse). I hadn't considered nil-map tolerance/robustness before, so I'd be quite happy to change my mind on new work I write with maps.
Kev On Jun 19, 10:13 am, "J. McConnell" <jdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <hls...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have code that gets passed a map (actually a struct-map), should I > > > (my-map :my-key) > > or > > (:my-key my-map) > > > I'm beginning to gravitate towards the latter, as it is more tolerant of > > the map being nil. > > I tend to prefer the latter as well, whenever possible. > > - J. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---