I think enlives transformersare a very good example of functions returning functions. Maybe you should have a look at the getting started guide and the tutorials Send from Android Am 09.08.2012 23:13 schrieb "Jonah Benton" <jo...@jonah.com>:
> You've probably seen these, but if not, Doug Crockford's video series > on javascript walks through a number of interesting information > sharing examples like the ones you're looking for using > fn-generating-fns- > > http://yuiblog.com/crockford/ > > They're all great but "act 3 - function the ultimate" is especially juicy. > > The motivation for his examples is a little different than it would be > for clojure, because that pattern is basically javascript's only > abstraction trick. And certainly the semantics are different too. > > But if for whatever reason you haven't seen these videos, they're > terrific and will probably spur some ideas. > > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Brian Marick <mar...@exampler.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for medium-scale examples of using function-generating > functions. I'm doing it because examples like this: > > > > (def make-incrementer > > (fn [increment] > > (fn [x] (+ increment x)))) > > > > ... or this: > > > > (def incish (partial map + [100 200 300])) > > > > ... show the mechanics, but I'm looking for examples that would resonate > more with an object-oriented programmer. Such examples might be ones that > close over a number of values (which looks more like an object), or > generate multiple functions that all close over a shared value (which looks > more like an object), or use closures to avoid the need to have some > particular argument passed from function to function (which looks like the > `this` in an instance method). > > > > Note: please put the flamethrower down. I'm not saying that "looking > like objects" is the point of higher-order functions. > > > > I'll give full credit. > > > > ----- > > Brian Marick, Artisanal Labrador > > Contract programming in Ruby and Clojure > > Occasional consulting on Agile > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
