This looks like a really useful library, but I mostly came here to say +1
for the use of "lacunae". Now I have to find a way to insert that into my
own conversations.



On 31 October 2013 15:13, Zach Tellman <ztell...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's relatively rare that people write variants of Clojure data
> structures.  Partially, this is because the existing data structures are
> quite good, but it's also because it's surprisingly difficult.  Clojure's
> vectors, sets, and maps each implement about a dozen interfaces with
> overlapping functionality, making it easy to think you've written something
> correct until someone accesses it in a way you didn't think to test.  I
> have written a number of alternate data structures [1] [2] [3], and each
> time there's been some lacunae of the standard API that I overlooked.
>
> To make this easier for myself and others, I've written a library for the
> express purpose of validating data structures that are extensions of the
> standard three data structures:
> https://github.com/ztellman/collection-check.  It's already uncovered
> some minor bugs in my own libraries, as well as an issue with Clojure's own
> hash-sets and hash-maps [4].  I strongly encourage anyone who's playing
> around in this space to use it, and to let me know if there are invariants
> I've overlooked.
>
> Enjoy,
> Zach
>
> [1] https://github.com/ztellman/clj-tuple
> [2] https://github.com/ztellman/immutable-bitset
> [3] https://github.com/ztellman/potemkin
> [4] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure-dev/HvppNjEH5Qc
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