The #_ reader macro simply comments out the form, so it's a no op.

Sent from phone, please excuse brevity.
On Mar 26, 2012 10:23 AM, "László Török" <ltoro...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to wrap my head around the role of the #_ macro and how it's
> used in core.cljs.
>
> Can some explain, why it is used to prefix (throw.. ) in
> (deftype EmptyList [meta]
> ...
> ...
>
> IStack
>
>   (-peek [coll] nil)
>
>   (-pop [coll] #_(throw (js/Error. "Can't pop empty list")))
>
> or in
> (deftype Vector [meta array]
> ...
> ...
>
> IIndexed
>
>   (-nth [coll n]
>
>     (if (and (<= 0 n) (< n (.-length array)))
>
>       (aget array n)
>
>       #_(throw (js/Error. (str "No item " n " in vector of length " (.-length 
> array))))))
>
> but not in
>
> (deftype Vector [meta array]
> ...
> ...
>
> (-pop [coll]
>
>     (if (> (.-length array) 0)
>
>       (let [new-array (aclone array)]
>
>         (. new-array (pop))
>
>         (Vector. meta new-array))
>
>       (throw (js/Error. "Can't pop empty vector"))))
>
>
> there are other examples at ln 68, ln 127, ln 146 for other forms.
>
> Thx
>
> Las
>
>
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