On 23/03/2009 9:03, Mark Engelberg wrote: > defn- is pretty useful. But wouldn't it be equally useful to have > def-, defmulti-, defmacro-, etc.? > > I'm aware that it is possible to add the private tag to the metadata > of the var, but in many code samples I've seen, people routinely get > this wrong (I believe you need to attach the metadata to the *var*, > not the actual object being defined, which is what most people seem to > do). So why not just establish a convention that each kind of def has > a - counterpart? It does expand the API, but doesn't really increase > the cognitive load of trying to remember what's in the API, since one > would expect all these - versions to be in there once you learn one. > >
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