Wow. I wasn't trying to be a trouble maker. :)
I was just looking to clarify my understanding and didn't understand the
conflict between the definition and example.
Unless "?" was idiomatic for things other than predicates.
Thanks for the clarification.
I have yet to encounter the situation of
The question mark suffix should be used only for predicates. The
author of the erroneous prose is currently being forced to drink an
extra glass of wine before bed as punishment.
I have *no* idea why I wrote that -- best guess is that is-small?
started as a predicate and was later changed f
Hi,
Am 22.07.2009 um 19:35 schrieb Richard Newman:
Note that predicates don't necessarily have to return literal true or
false: in my opinion at least, it's perfectly reasonable to write
(def my-predicate? #{:foo :bar})
-- it'll behave correctly in if and when, but the return value will
act
> That is what I thought. Is it proper or idiomatic Clojure to use a "?"
> symbol on non-predicate functions?
I don't think so. The standard library doesn't, at any rate.
Note that predicates don't necessarily have to return literal true or
false: in my opinion at least, it's perfectly reasona
Meikel Brandmeyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 21.07.2009 um 22:48 schrieb Jimmie Houchin:
>
>>(defn is-small? [number]
>>(if (< number 100) "yes" "no" ))
>>
>> Is is-small? a predicate? If so, is this a common pattern for such
>> predicates?
>
> The definition is correct. is-small? is not
> a p
Hi,
Am 21.07.2009 um 22:48 schrieb Jimmie Houchin:
(defn is-small? [number]
(if (< number 100) "yes" "no" ))
Is is-small? a predicate? If so, is this a common pattern for such
predicates?
The definition is correct. is-small? is not
a predicate. It returns a string. So (if (is-small?
Hello,
I am very excited about opportunities of what I can do in Clojure. I am
a long time Squeaker (Smalltalk), and also Python user, dabbling at
times in various other languages. I have briefly explored Scala as an
option for my business app. But, I really am a dynamic typing guy. :)
I have
