On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Lee Spector <lspec...@hampshire.edu> wrote: > I know I'm in the minority but I happen to prefer maps to records, and in > fact I really like struct-maps which I gather may (?) not be long for this > world. Nonetheless, since you asked, following are two old messages in which > I attempted to point out some of the things that I like about struct-maps as > opposed to records.
I don't think you're in the minority. I prefer regular maps to records in general. struct-map was deprecated "a long time ago" (in Clojure 1.2). clojure.java.jdbc stopped using struct-map a while back - at the recommendation of Clojure/core - in favor of regular maps. Chas Emerick's flowchart is very helpful here I think: http://cemerick.com/2011/07/05/flowchart-for-choosing-the-right-clojure-type-definition-form/ -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ "Perfection is the enemy of the good." -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) -- 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
