Now that Michael mentioned it, the docstring of *apply* says Applies fn f to the argument list formed by prepending intervening > arguments to args.
I challenge any Clojure newbie to decipher this Hickeyism for me. This is of course no exception; most of clojure.core is like that. I can personally testify to having learned (and *had to* learn) much more from source code than from docstrings. M-. has always been my best friend; C-d C-d came merely as a hint from Rich while solving the "compile me in your head" puzzle. -marko On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:17:05 AM UTC+1, Ryan wrote: > > The idea that people should read the source to get reasonably >> straightforward stuff done is wrong and does a lot of long term damage to >> the community. > > > I believe Jim meant to check the source to figure out how does it work, > not that the way it's implemented is the most proper way to implement it. > If that's not what you wanted to point out can you please explain? > > On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:13:35 AM UTC+2, Michael Klishin wrote: >> >> >> 2013/3/27 Jim - FooBar(); <jimpi...@gmail.com> >> >>> aaa see? always check the docs first and the sources second (if >>> available)...I should have done that as well :) >> >> >> Definitely don't just check the sources and think it's something normal. >> >> Complain loudly to maintainers on this list that their documentation has >> gaps and they should >> clarify this and that. The idea that people should read the source to get >> reasonably straightforward >> stuff done is wrong and does a lot of long term damage to the community. >> -- >> MK >> >> http://github.com/michaelklishin >> http://twitter.com/michaelklishin >> > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
