Awsome! This is exactly what I was looking for :)

Thanks James and thanks everyone for other suggestions.


On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 5:20:06 PM UTC+1, James Reeves wrote:
>
> Yes, the alter-var-root function allows you to change a var's definition:
>
>   (alter-var-root
>    #'fetch-data
>    (fn [original-fetch-data]
>      (fn [& args]
>        (let [result (apply original-fetch-data args)]
>          (transform-result result))))))
>
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 14:58, Janko Muzykant <umr...@gmail.com 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there an way to replace body of existing (interned) function with own 
>> code still being able to call original fn? 
>> Suppose, I have a function:
>>
>>     (defn fetch-data [arg1 arg2]
>>       (db/fetch-data ...))
>>
>> I would like to intern a slightly modified version of this fn. Something 
>> like this:
>>
>>     (defn fetch-data [& args]
>>       (let [result (apply original-fetch-data args)]
>>         (transform-result result)))
>>
>> The problem I see is how to keep the reference to original fetch-data fn 
>> (here denoted by original-fetch-data),
>> so it could be still called in a altered version of fetch-data function.
>>
>> Best,
>> JM.
>>
>>
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