It would be nice if clojure.core/conj had a unary implementation ([coll] coll)
The motivating use case is when one is conjoining sequences of items to a collection all at once: (apply conj coll seqable) such as (apply conj #{1 2 3} [2 4 6 8 10]). Currently (1.4.0), this will raise an arity exception if the seqable object is empty: (apply conj #{1 2 3} []) necessitating an awkward empty? check when, for instance, the sequence is computed or passed in. It seems to me that making unary conj the identity is both a natural interpretation and essentially cost free, while making this use case much more convenient. Moreover, it is consistent with clojure.core/disj for sets which does act like this (apply disj #{1 2 3} []) -> #{1 2 3} and has an identity unary implementation. Comments? -- 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