On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Armando Blancas <armando_blan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Another choice is to construct shapes as closures with auto-dispatch. > So a circle could be made thus, with no data structure per se: > > (defn make-circle [x y r] > (fn [method] > (case method > :draw (fn [color] ...) > :rotate (fn [degrees] ...) > :r (fn [] r) > :x (fn [] x) > :y (fn [] y))))
And then, of course, there's this Smalltalkesque dispatch model. All it needs to complete the picture are a couple of default cases: :DoesNotUnderstand (throw (IllegalArgumentException. (str "make-circle DoesNotUnderstand: " method))) (recur :DoesNotUnderstand) :) -- 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