On Apr 7, 12:25 am, Sophie <itsme...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Just curious > - what folks think of fixed-positional-keyword params > - whether it was considered for Clojure
I don't know for certain whether Rich ever considered smalltalk-style parameters, but I doubt it. I do like them, though; in Objective-C and Smalltalk. They're extremely readable and natural in an object-oriented language (or a message-oriented one, anyway). However, I don't think they are a very good fit for a Lisp. Expressing positionally fixed keyword parameters in terns of lists, symbols and keywords feels clunky and unnatural to me, but the greater problem is that they also make some very common functional patterns cumbersome: most notably function application (ie. apply), composition, and higher-order functions. -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
