On Feb 14, 2014, at 17:25 , Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote: > The names of these functions were chosen by Rich. There was already some name > overloading of "some" even before these new functions with some (truthy) and > some->/some->> (not nil). The new functions keep with the latter meaning. > Many other names were considered, including everything I've seen someone > mention (-not-nil, exists, nnil, etc). As far as I know these names are > final, however, I will relay all of the feedback I've seen here, on #clojure, > and on Twitter to Rich for consideration.
Probably way too late for this, but if there are truthy and non-nil versions of multiple functions/macros then it would be good to use a consistent suffix to indicate those semantics, e.g. if/if*, when-let/when-let*, etc (asterisk just used as an example). -- 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.
