it's more idiomatic to use *when* rather than *if* for cases where you won't be considering the false path.
(when (<= x y) z) cond is used more as a multi-if with a drop out at the end (usually using ":else" which because it's a keyword is "truthy" when evaluated). On Wednesday, 19 February 2014 02:25:05 UTC, Laurent Droin wrote: > > Now that I have a better understanding of what "some" does (i didn't > interpret the doc properly), it does totally make sense that it would be > recursive, so that's great. > > While reducing my code with Johanna's feedback, I noticed I kept using > "cond" and not "if". > > Is there any meaningful difference between > > (if (<= x y) z) > > and > > (cond (<= x y) z) > > ? > > I see that if is a special form and cone is macro. I haven't reached the > chapter about macros yet in the book I'm reading (programming Clojure). > Not sure if it's relevant. > -- 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.
