There is nothing "wrong" about objects in Clojure as long as the
objects are immutable.
Some people tend to think that "functional" is anti-"object oriented".
That is IMHO the wrong way to think. They complement each other. Why
limit the tools in your toolbox? F# (for example) shows how it can be
done elegantly.
Here is one (quick and dirty done in 5 min) way of using objects in
Clojure that (again IMHO) is fully compatible with the "Clojure style"
of programming because the objects (maps) are immutable:
(defmacro ? [object value]
"Get an object value - same as object.value in OO but immutable"
`(get ~object (keyword (str '~value))))
(defmacro ! [object method & args]
"Call an object method - same as object.foo(); in C# but immutable"
`((get ~object (keyword (str '~method))) ~object ~...@args))
(defmacro != [object name value]
"Set an object value - same as object.value = foo; in OO but
immutable"
`(assoc ~object (keyword (str '~name)) ~value))
(defmacro !fn [object name fn & args]
"Execute a function on an object value and sets the object value to
the result - roughly same as using mutable object but done in an
immutable style"
`(assoc ~object (keyword (str '~name)) (~fn (get ~object (keyword
(str '~name))) ~...@args)))
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