On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Steven Obua wrote:

> The expression
> 
> (#({:a %}) :b)

either: 

(#(hash-map :a %) :b) 
((fn [x] {:a x}) :b)

will work instead.


Someone with more knowledge than me can probably explain better, but my 
understanding is that the the reader macro shorthand for anonymous functions 
and the map literal syntax can't both be used together (i.e. it's not a bug, 
but a reader limitation).


bill

> 
> should evaluate to {:a :b}, but raises an exception instead:
> 
> Wrong number of args (0) passed to: PersistentArrayMap
> 
> This is a pretty irritating bug and makes the #% form essentially unusable 
> for me, because I cannot rely on it but have to always second guess if its 
> use is safe in the current context or not.
> 
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