in which case it does get evaluated twice if form:
=> (pred-transform (println 1) #(not (nil? %)) #(println % "."))
1
1
nil .
nil

=> (pred-transform (println 1) nil? #(println % "."))
1
1
nil

so maybe a let + gensym would be in order?



On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:04 PM, atkaaz <atk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shouldn't it be like:
>
> (definline pred-transform [obj pred tf]
>    `(if (~pred ~obj) ~obj
>        (~tf ~obj)))
> => (pred-transform 1 #(not (nil? %)) println)
> 1
> => (pred-transform 1 nil? println)
> 1
> nil
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 2:55 PM, atkaaz <atk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> just wondering if obj is a form does it get evaluated twice?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Jim - FooBar(); <jimpil1...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  no need for macros... :)
>>>
>>> (definline safe-assoc [m k v]
>>> `(if (contains? ~m ~k) ~m
>>>   (assoc ~m ~k ~v)))
>>>
>>> (definline pred-transform [obj pred tf]
>>> `(if ~(pred obj) ~obj
>>>     ~(tf obj)))
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/05/13 12:44, atkaaz wrote:
>>>
>>> may I see the macro for the latter, if you decide to go that way ? thx
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Steven Degutis <sbdegu...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are two patterns I find in my code that I'm still unhappy with
>>>> but I don't know how to clean up.
>>>>
>>>>  The first is: (if (:attr obj) obj (assoc obj :attr something))
>>>>
>>>>  I'm basically saying, give this hash-map an attribute if it doesn't
>>>> already have it. And just return the thing with an attribute, regardless if
>>>> I had to add it or not.
>>>>
>>>>  This version is ugly because it repeats obj three times. I could
>>>> write my own macro to de-duplicate it, but I avoid doing that when I can
>>>> because there's usually a better built-in solution that I just don't know
>>>> about yet.
>>>>
>>>>  The second is like it: (if (some-test obj) obj (some-transformation
>>>> obj))
>>>>
>>>>  In this one, I just want to return the object, but maybe transform it
>>>> first. But the reference to obj happens three times! Still feels like it
>>>> could be cleaned up.
>>>>
>>>>  Any thoughts on how to clean these up?
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