Yeah, cond will probably do the trick as well. I do consider if complex (and yeah my argument is true for a lot of functions) What i'm talking about is some accidental complexity of the language. That I must constantly be aware of what parameter of the function I'm looking at.
My point is not so much the order (but I did it anyway to take even more complexity) of then, else but the fact that when looking at longer pieces of code I cannot immediately see whether i'm looking at the then branch er else branch. Mostly i must rely on intendations, which makes everything more complex. So, I saw the ideal opportunity to write my first macro. In my opinion it makes it simpler. But then again, cond seems to accomplish my goal already :-) On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Jozef Wagner <jozef.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: > How about cond? > > (cond > test true > :else false) > > BTW I personally don't consider if complected. If reverse order is more > appropriate, I use if-not. > > On Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:02:54 AM UTC+1, Thomas Goossens wrote: >> >> One of the issues i had and still have with the if function is that >> because it has ordered arguments, makes things more complex. >> >> For small functions this is no so much of a problem. >> (if test 1 0) >> >> But when things get larger, that extra complexity of order without >> explicit information can get significant, I believe >> >> So I wanted (this would be officially my first macro ever!) something >> that behaved as follows: >> >> (if test >> :then true >> :else false) >> >> (if test >> :else false >> :then true) >> >> Which is what I eventually did: >> >> (defmacro iff >> [test & body] >> (let [args (apply hash-map body)] >> `(if ~test (:then ~args) (:else ~args)))) >> >> Any thoughts, improvements on my macro? (Also I'm not quite sure how to >> document my macro. So any advice on that is appreciated :) >> >> >> >> -- > 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 > -- Thomas Goossens -- 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
