On Aug 27, 1:06 am, Timothy Pratley <timothyprat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Granted, this wouldn't work for anything that gets passed to Java, but > > the following gist would be a start. > >http://gist.github.com/176032 > > You already have a getPattern method for those cases. Which suggests > another solution: > > (defn re-fn > "Uses ss to construct a java.util.Pattern. > Returns a function which returns the Pattern if called with no > arguments, > and calls re-seq if called with a string argument." > [ss] > (let [pp (re-pattern ss)] > (fn re > ([] pp) > ([s] (re-seq pp s))))) > > user=> ((re-fn "2.") "12324251") > ("23" "24" "25") > user=> ((re-fn "2.")) > #"2." > > If #"X" created a (re-fn "X") then all the re functions could accept > a function and call it in order to avoid having to do (re-find (pp) > s). The previous signature could be retained so that they would work > with either type of arguments if that were desirable. The downside is > trying to explain that in the docs might be confusing - so a wrapper > seems more obvious for that. > > Oh - it seems like re-seq does the most work so perhaps that is the > best candidate?
The only feature I want is the ability to use a regex as a predicate. So, I'd prefer something like re-matches. Maybe this isn't the biggest use case, though. Sean > > Regards, > Tim. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
