> (rest anything) returns a seq, by definition. It's not about Strings, it's > the contract of rest. A String is not a seq, but it's viewable as a seq, in > which case each element of the seq will be a character of the String. > > Note that this is not particular to String, but to almost any clojure > datastructure : > > (rest [1 2 3]) doesn't return a vector either, but a seq: (2 3) > > etc. > > You seem to want to not use seq abstractions, but String manipulation > abstractions, here.
That's a fair criticism. I suppose that I'm not necessarily looking for specifically String manipulation abstractions (I can just do a (.substr "abc" 1) to get "bc" as a String after all), but rather looking for an abstraction that takes something that's addressable as a sequence and returns it in the same format or type instead of a seq. -- 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
