I agree with you James, I prefer to just receive maps in my functions.

On Fri Feb 13 2015 at 4:04:14 PM James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> wrote:

> A lot of utility libraries, such as my own Medley
> <https://github.com/weavejester/medley>, have "mapply" functions for this
> exact use-case.
>
> Generally, however, I find that keyword arguments are more trouble than
> they're worth. You only save two characters, and give up a lot on terms of
> being able to easily compose and extend functions.
>
> - James
> On 13 February 2015 at 17:30, Wilker <wilkerlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm trying to find the best way to call a function that accepts keyword
>> arguments (in my case it's the set-style! on Enfocus library) with a map.
>>
>> So, an example of the regular call:
>>
>> (set-style :color "red" :cursor "pointer")
>>
>> I would like to call with a map (because that way I can manage the map
>> data before using it) but I found no very easy way to do it... The best way
>> I could found is like this:
>>
>> (apply set-style (flatten (seq {:color "red" :cursor "pointer"})))
>>
>> But that's a bit overwhelming, I wonder if there is a simpler way to
>> handle this situation.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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