count does some type checks, but it's negligible in most cases as I already said. len can give a clear intention than count somtimes.
I'm not suggesting that it should be included in clojure.string, but if count is currently not preferred over .length, including it can be a good option. On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:50:04 PM UTC+9, Baishampayan Ghose wrote: > > What'd clojure.string/len do any differently than clojure.core/count? > count already provides does the fastest possible thing for strings. > ~BG > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Alice <doff...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Which one is preferred? > > > > .length needs to be type hinted, so more verbose. > > The performance penalty of count is negligible in most cases. > > > > I think including len in clojure.string would be a good idea because > it's > > used so often. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your > > first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Baishampayan Ghose > b.ghose at gmail.com > -- -- 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.
