Thank you, But the things are more complicated. In my case, I need to update the atom with the result of a (native) function which unfortunately also performs some side effects and cannot be split in two.
Updated example: (def state {:result nil :input [1 2 3]}) (defn update-item! [item] (if (:result item) ; if already processed, do nothing item (let [result (side-effect-fn! (:input item))] (assoc item :result result)))) (swap! state update-item!) ;; same problem Jozef -- 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