One other small thing, you can find out the exact type returned from a function by calling class.
user=> (class (concat [1 2] [3 4])) clojure.lang.LazySeq There are functions that return lazy sequences all over the place, so keep an eye out ;-). On Oct 20, 12:56 am, Dmitri <dmitri.sotni...@gmail.com> wrote: > I notice that certain sequence operations such as concat and cons will > not retain the original type of sequence, for example if you combine > two vectors together a list will be returned: > > user=> (concat [1 2] [3 4]) > (1 2 3 4) > > is this intentional behavior, and would it not be more consistent for > concat to retain the original type of the data structures, when both > data structures that were passed in are of the same type. Also, why > does cons behave differently from conj: > > user=> (conj [1 2] 3) > [1 2 3] > > user=> (cons 2 [1 2]) > (2 1 2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
