I like the map-key pattern, especially inside a function.
(fn [my-var]
({"A" 1 :b "one"} my-var))
In this example, the my-var works properly when passed a string.
(fn [my-var]
(my-var {"A" 1 :b "one"}))
The second example breaks when passed a string.
On Jun 18, 8:37 pm, kkw <kevin.k....@gmail.com> wrote:
> (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.
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