Hi, I recently wrote some code for which I have 2 alternative implementations. So what I did is write a protocol:
(defprotocol Calculator (calc-add [this data]) (calc-multiply [this data])) I then created two namespaces for my two implementations: which each had a function: (defn make-calculator [] (reify Calculator (calc-add [this data] .....) (calc-multiply [this data]....)) So my core code was using this protocol and I can switch implementation by just handing my "protocol-using-code" a different make-calculator. But am I really doing programming in a functional style? I mean I am creating with reify a class only so that my different implementation gets called. This "reify" makes me think "this is not functional but more OO like". On the other hand it is very nice to have a "grouping of certain functions" and it makes it clear this protocol is a plugin point for custom implementations. I don't know?! Am I just complaining about perfect readable side effect free code? Many Greetings John -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.