Hi guys. First off, love Clojure and it has been a hobby of mine for
several years. When first learning Clojure, one thing I didn't like,
was the ability to actually change a Var at any point in time. Either
through several def/defn's pointing to the same namespace/symbol or by
something like
2012/3/29 Alf Kristian Støyle alf.krist...@gmail.com:
So, long story short, why are namespaces in Clojure mutable? What is
the rationale behind this?
It's for REPL development. Everytime you redefine a function, its Var
needs to be updated.
OTOH, redefining a var during the normal course of
Thanks Herwig, makes sense.
Cheers,
Alf
On Mar 29, 2012 1:37 PM, Herwig Hochleitner hhochleit...@gmail.com
wrote:
2012/3/29 Alf Kristian Støyle alf.krist...@gmail.com:
So, long story short, why are namespaces in Clojure mutable? What is
the rationale behind this?
It's for REPL
