So something like
(defn valid-or-explain [spec data]
(let [v (s/valid? spec data)]
(when-not v (s/explain spec data))
v))
I'll mention it to Rich, not sure though.
On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 10:56:03 PM UTC-5, puzzler wrote:
>
> One thing that has always limited the value of pre and post conditions is
> that they don't give useful error messages.
>
> I would like to see function in the spec namespace that returns true if
> input conforms to a spec, otherwise returns false and prints to standard
> out an explanation of the failure. Sort of a valid-or-explain predicate
> (but a shorter name would be better).
>
> In some sense, fdef is superior to using pre and post assertions, so maybe
> at some point they will feel obsolete, but possibly not -- things defined
> with fdef have to be explicitly instrumented, but pre and post assertions
> automatically follow the behavior set for all assertions.
>
> So as long as pre and post assertions have value, I think many people are
> going to cobble together their own implementation of valid-or-explain.
> Better to have one standard implementation that everyone can rely on.
>
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