In 1.9 there is a new ident? function which covers keywords and symbols. If you want to include strings, you would have to make that yourself though.
On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 9:44:55 AM UTC-6, Dave Tenny wrote: > > I've occasionally wanted this and haven't found it. > > (defn named? > "True if object is compatible with the 'name' function. > There must be a clojure built-in to do this but I haven't figured it out > yet." > [x] > (or (string? x) > (keyword? x) > (symbol? x))) > > > Note that simply doing (instance? clojure.lang.Named x) won't work for > strings, but the (name) function does. > > Anyway, I'm thinking there's a built in way to do this without defining > the above function. Suggestions? > > My use case is simply that I want to call the name function for objects > that support it in a translation function. > -- 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/d/optout.
