Hi, On Nov 27, 2:45 pm, Stefan Kamphausen <ska2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> A *new* symbol? I would have thought I'm getting the original symbol > again. If you get back the original symbol back, it can't carry metadata... > Definitely, and I don't like the distinction too much either. But it makes sense. A Var represents an identity and hence always stays the same. Just the thing it points to might change. So we obviously need to modify the Var in order to change the meta. If we'd get a new Var, we would have a new identity. Clojure makes the distinction between such side-effecting functions and pure functions very clear. > It does. I get a growing feeling of understanding how things work > under the hood here. Watch the talk be Rich: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey There he explains the different notions and why they are required. Sincerely Meikel -- 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
