Hi Jarek, Sometimes you want an exception to be thrown if an element in a collection is not available, sometimes you want to deal with nil. I guess it depends on your application of whether you'd go with get or nth. There's no wrong or right here. Andreas
On 13 June 2011 17:51, Jarek Siembida <[email protected]> wrote: > > (nth [] 0) also throws an exception, so it is not so surprising. > > Thanks guys, just checked, rand-nth as a wrapper around > nth inherits its semantics. So the question should rather be > why nth throws an exception while get not. > Out of curiosity I checked (peek []), returns nil too. > > jarek > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > But in practice, there is. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- ********************************************************** Andreas Koestler, Software Engineer Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd 270 Gladstone Road, Dutton Park QLD 4102 Main: +61 7 3891 9772 Direct: +61 7 3117 8808 Fax: +61 7 3891 9336 Email: [email protected] ************www.leica-geosystems.com************* when it has to be right, Leica Geosystems Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
