What I tend to do when I run into this situation is to split my function in two and provide:
1. an API function that accepts the key/value pairs as named arguments - per the library coding guidelines 2. an implementation function that accepts a map of args as its last argument (and destructures it) then the API function delegates to the implementation function: (defn foo* "Do something" [a b {:keys [c d] :or {c 1 d "two"}}] ...) (defn foo "Do something" {:arglists '([a b :c 1 :d "two"])} [a b & args] (foo* a b args)) Internal functions call whichever version is easiest to use. The arglists metadata on foo assists users of the library: user=> (doc foo) ------------------------- user/foo ([a b :c 1 :d "two"]) Do something Sean On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:52 AM, James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> wrote: > I somewhat disagree with the coding standards in certain cases. If you > have a large number of options, you may find yourself creating the option > map programmatically. In which case: > > (release-sharks 2 options) > > Is preferable to: > > (apply release-sharks 2 (apply concat options)) > > - James > > > On 18 June 2013 06:32, dmirylenka <daniilmirile...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> According, to the library coding standards, the first is better: >> >> (release-sharks 2 :laser-beams true) ; good >> (release-sharks 2 {:laser-beams true}) ; bad >> >> http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Library+Coding+Standards >> >> >> On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:26:15 PM UTC+12, Omer Iqbal wrote: >>> >>> Hey folks, >>> >>> What'c considered more idiomatic when having multiple, optional >>> arguments? >>> >>> (defn foo1 [a b & args] >>> (let [opts (apply hash-map args] >>> ...)) >>> >>> or >>> >>> (defn foo2 [a b opts] >>> ...) >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Omer >>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > 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. > > > -- 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 --- 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.