Hi Meikel,Ken
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my question. Meikel
Thanks for the code. I will implement as described above.
On Sep 18, 6:28 pm, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote:
> Hi Eamonn,
>
> if you find this too tedious to write and use it quite often, then there is
> always the possibility to hide things a little bit behind a facade.
>
> class Clj {
> static final Var seqVar = RT.var("clojure.core", "seq");
> static final Var keywordVar = RT.var("clojure.core", "keyword");
> static final Var hashMapVar = RT.var("clojure.core", "hash-map");
>
> static Object seq(Object x) { return seqVar.invoke(x); }
> static Object kw(String n) { return keywordVar.invoke(n); }
> static Object kw(String n1, String n2) { return keywordVar.invoke(n1,
> n2); }
> static Object hashMap(Object... args) { return
> hashMapVar.applyTo((clojure.lang.ISeq)seq(args)); }
>
> }
>
> This would make names a little bit more meaningful (less “invoke”s) for the
> functions you use most. And you might use your own function names. Of course
> this won't reach the sugar you get from Clojure itself.
>
> theMap = Clj.hashMap(Clj.kw("a"), 1, Clj.kw("b"), 2);
> foo.invoke(Clj.kw("a"), theMap);
>
> This translates directly into:
>
> (let [the-map (hash-map :a 1 :b 2)]
> (foo :a the-map))
>
> It should be easy to understand what's going on despite the noise. I believe
> Java devs are used to noise.
>
> And FWIW: Not quoting "13rabc" by accident in the other scenario will not
> result in the Reader complaining but puzzled looks where this magical value
> came from. I personally don't particular like these moments.
>
> My 0,02€. YMMV.
>
> Sincerely
> Meikel
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