On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Sean Devlin <francoisdev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes you don't want assoc-in to create a hash-map. Sometimes you > wish it could create a sorted map. > > Just finished working on something with Alexy Khrabrov & Chouser on > IRC, and the three of us are wondering if the result might be > generally useful. > > (defn assoc-in-with > "supply a default-map instead of a hash-map" > [m default-map [k & ks] v] > (if ks > (assoc m k (assoc-in-as (get m k default-map) default-map ks v)) > (assoc m k v)))
As I mentioned in IRC, this could actually be a 4-argument version of 'assoc-in' instead of a new function. Assuming of course Rich likes the idea. --Chouser http://joyofclojure.com/ -- 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
