Why use def? You could just place re? after the definition of defn,
and write it:
(defn re?
"Return true if x is a regular expression"
{:added "1.3"}
[x]
(instance? java.util.regex.Pattern x))
- James
On 23 August 2010 16:17, Jeff Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
> It looks like regular expressions are the only type with built-in
> syntax that don't have a predicate function. How about:
>
> (def
> ^{:arglists '([x])
> :doc "Return true if x is a regular expression
> (java.util.regex.Pattern)"
> :added "1.3"}
> re? (fn re? [x] (instance? java.util.regex.Pattern x)))
>
> Or maybe call it "regexp?" if "re?" isn't clear enough...
>
> -Jeff
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