> I'm just guessing there the answer may just be "equal values are equal and > you should never care which one you get out". There are times to care > though, but then perhaps just don't use `distinct` or be sure to have a test > on it. :P
Can you provide a scenario when it matters? Given that you had two immutable, equal values in a collection, when would it matter which one was discarded and which one was kept? Sean Corfield -- (970) FOR-SEAN -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood On 12/29/16, 1:15 PM, "Mike Rodriguez" <clojure@googlegroups.com on behalf of mjr4...@gmail.com> wrote: Yeah, adding a test for undocumented behavior seems somewhat reasonable. I do wish the docs would be a bit clearer on these aspects of the contract. Without that it just doesn't seem that there is any real commitment to the Clojure implementation to not change later. I understand the general idea of "it is the most natural way to implement it". However, that is shaky grounds to rely on. It also makes me question if I've really thought it through to know "there isn't any other way to do it". In the case of `distinct` I can be fairly sure it won't reorder them. Also, it still isn't clear if it keeps the first or later duplicates or not. That was the (2) part of the question. I'm just guessing there the answer may just be "equal values are equal and you should never care which one you get out". There are times to care though, but then perhaps just don't use `distinct` or be sure to have a test on it. :P I asked this question mostly out of curiosity and to see what others thought. Also, to bring up the issue of if the docs are sufficient. -- 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.
