> > > Robert McIntyre <bort...@gmail.com> Aug 21 03:58PM -0700 > ^<#12a9b8804b609349_digest_top> > > I am curious as to why first (and other functions) are defined in > core as: > > (def > ^{:arglists > '([coll]) > :doc "Returns the first item in the collection. Calls seq on > its > argument. If coll is nil, returns > nil." > :added > "1.0"} > first (fn first [coll] (. clojure.lang.RT (first coll)))) > > instead of: > > (def > ^{:arglists '([coll]) > :doc "Returns the first item in the collection. Calls seq on its > argument. If coll is nil, returns nil." > :added "1.0"} > first (fn first [coll] (clojure.lang.RT/first coll))) > > When the general consensus seems to be that the latter is more > idiomatic/readable, especially for beginners? > > --Robert McIntyre > > > > > Legilimens <bort...@gmail.com> Aug 21 08:39PM -0400 > ^<#12a9b8804b609349_digest_top> > > Apparently this is indeed an older holdover and the . calls are slowly > being replaced with / as people make edits according to chouser. > > Would people be interested in a patch that replaces all of the older > static calls using . to the newer method using / ? > > --Robert McIntyre > > > > > +1 for the patch -- Adam
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