"volatile" is a great choice of name. It sounds like a warning, as well as indicating that is mutable. BE AWARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH ME, I CAN BE DANGEROUS!
:) Jamie On Jun 22, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Marc Fawzi <marc.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah! Thank you very much for this explanation!! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 22, 2015, at 4:40 PM, Francis Avila <fav...@breezeehr.com> wrote: >> >>> On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 5:09:49 PM UTC-5, marc fawzi wrote: >>> It's what I had imagined. So is it fair to say that what is idomatic in >>> Clojure may not be idiomatic in ClojureScript? >> >> ClojureScript itself uses volatile! in all its stateful transducer >> implementations (just like Clojure), which is a pretty strong argument that >> it is idiomatic cljs. >> >>> The negligible advantage it offers in ClojureScript does not justify losing >>> the functionality of the atom IMO but I may be wrong >> >> >> Volatile is used in precisely those circumstances where the additional >> features of atom should *not* be used. Not merely aren't needed, but should >> be prohibited from use because the state it holds is not meant to be shared. >> Validation and notification are features to facilitate sharing state. >> >> This is to me the advantage it has over an atom in cljs: it makes clear that >> this is a mutable local that is not meant to escape to the caller or provide >> access to shared state. Volatile says "mutation for speed, not for shared >> access." Atoms do not signal that by themselves because they are meant for >> shared access. >> >> -- >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your >> first post. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ClojureScript" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. > > -- > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ClojureScript" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. -- Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ClojureScript" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript.
