Hi Timothy, Thanks for your informative answer, which give quite clear orientation to dig deeper into the how the fn macro works.
Simon On Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:29:35 AM UTC+8, tbc++ wrote: > > fn* is a compiler intrinsic...it's pretty low-level, it doesn't > support destructuring,. So instead, core.clj creates a macro called fn > that adds all this other functionality and eventually spits out the > fn* in a format the compiler wants. Basically it's set up this way so > that you can write the majority of the functionality behind fn can be > written in clojure code instead of in Java. > > Note: there are other forms that are the same as fn*. Namely, loop*, > and let*. They all exist for the same reasons. > > Timothy > -- 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
