On Jul 25, 1:18 pm, siyu798 <siyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tassilo, > The reason a generic default macro being used here is because we can use > the same macro to parse other data type like integer: > > (with-default 1 (Integer. my-value)) > > Thanks, > siyu
You can still do the same with a function: (defn with-default [f & [default]] (fn [& args] (try (apply f args) (catch Throwable _ default)))) (map (with-default #(Integer/parseInt %) 0) ["4" "test"]) ;=> (4 0) -- 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