Yes, as I'm reading further into the book I am coming to understand more about the differences between the ref, atom, and agent types. I am beginning to see that swap! is not an alter on atoms, etc. The way the book presents the information, though, strongly suggests parallels.
Consistency is a virtue, and patterns help memorization. If there are parallels in usage, there should be parallels in name. As Phil Karlton pointed out, naming things is hard; and it's hard in large part because names should convey meaning, not just serve as arbitrary labels. On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 5:30:00 AM UTC-6, Atamert Ölçgen wrote: > > why Clojure chose to name functions operating on refs and atoms so >> differently > > > swap! is not an alter on atoms. And vice versa. > > reset! is not a ref-set on atoms. And vice versa. > > The analogous functions names would make remembering which is which easier. > > > Are you having trouble remembering them? > > > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Tianxiang Xiong <tianxia...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm currently reading Practical Clojure >> <http://www.apress.com/9781430272311> by VanderHart and Sierra, and am >> on the section about state management. >> >> I'm curious why Clojure chose to name functions operating on refs and >> atoms so differently. As I understand it, >> >> swap! -> atoms, alter -> refs >> reset! -> atoms, ref-set -> refs >> >> Why "swap!" and "reset!", instead of "atom-alter" and "atom-set"? The >> analogous functions names would make remembering which is which easier. >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kind Regards, > Atamert Ölçgen > > ◻◼◻ > ◻◻◼ > ◼◼◼ > > www.muhuk.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/d/optout.
