var function not documented at clojure.core-api.html

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Dave Pawson

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May 27, 2010, 8:16:02 AM5/27/10
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http://richhickey.github.com/clojure/clojure.core-api.html
Doesn't show the (var) function amongst it's 510 options.

Any reason why please?


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Meikel Brandmeyer

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May 27, 2010, 10:10:25 AM5/27/10
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Hi,

On May 27, 2:16 pm, Dave Pawson <dave.paw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://richhickey.github.com/clojure/clojure.core-api.html
> Doesn't show the (var) function amongst it's 510 options.
>
> Any reason why please?

Because it's a special form: http://clojure.org/special_forms

Sincerely
Meikel

Dave Pawson

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May 27, 2010, 10:44:46 AM5/27/10
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On 27 May 2010 15:10, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote:

>> http://richhickey.github.com/clojure/clojure.core-api.html
>> Doesn't show the (var) function amongst it's 510 options.
>>
>> Any reason why please?
>
> Because it's a special form: http://clojure.org/special_forms
>
> Sincerely
> Meikel

Thanks. Another list to search.
510+17.

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Meikel Brandmeyer

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May 27, 2010, 11:43:31 AM5/27/10
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Hi,

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:44:46PM +0100, Dave Pawson wrote:

> Thanks. Another list to search.
> 510+17.

No need to search. From a Repl session:

user=> (doc var)
-------------------------
var
Special Form
Please see http://clojure.org/special_forms#var
nil

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Meikel

Dave Pawson

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May 27, 2010, 1:00:29 PM5/27/10
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Succinct!
Tells me which page too.

Thanks Meikel

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