Yes, but really to GET a value nested IN a series of maps, he should
just be using get-in, rather than threading anything at all.

On May 31, 7:59 am, Dave Ray <dave...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Keywords implement IFn meaning they can act as functions that look
> themselves up in a map. Strings are just strings. Replace "b" with
> (get "b") and you'll get the behavior you're looking for.
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Boris V. Schmid <boris.sch...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
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> > Can someone tell me what I'm overlooking (clojure 1.4)
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> > (-> (hash-map :b (hash-map :a 3)) :b :a)
> > 3
> > user> (-> (hash-map "b" (hash-map :a 3)) "b" :a)
> > ; Evaluation aborted: java.lang.String cannot be cast to clojure.lang.IFn
>
> > I'm not sure why the first can work, and the second cannot. Is it a logical
> > limitation of the language, or an oversight in how the macro -> is build?
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