I think the re? definition might belong around line 447 of core with the rest of the more normal looking instance? functions.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Sean Devlin <[email protected]> wrote: > Be very careful when copying the style of clojure.core. There are a > lot of non-standard practices in there, because Rich is bootstrapping > the language. For example, defn doesn't work like we're all used to > in core until about 80% of the way through. > > Follow these style guidelines instead: > > https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/clojure/Clojure_Library_Coding_Standards > > On Aug 23, 12:30 pm, Jeff Rose <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sure, I was just copying the style of the existing predicate functions >> in core.clj to keep it consistent. >> >> -Jeff >> >> On Aug 23, 5:25 pm, James Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 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 >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "Clojure" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> > > your first post. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected] >> > > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
