On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 19:38, Gregg Reynolds <d...@mobileink.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 4:11 PM James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> wrote: > >> >> A data literal evaluates to itself. So for example, `2` is a literal, >> because we only need to read it to know its value, whereas `(+ 1 1)` >> isn't a literal, because we also need to evaluate it to work out the value. >> > > Fair enough. But by that definition function expressions are also literals. > Not at all: user=> (defn literal? [s] (let [e (read-string s)] (= e (eval e)))) #'user/literal? user=> (literal? "2") true user=> (literal? "(fn [x] x)") false user=> (literal? "#(%)") false user=> (literal? "+") false Function expressions don't evaluate to themselves. -- James Reeves booleanknot.com -- 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.
