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Nate Smith
January 20, 2015
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Clojure's Reference Types
A short introduction to Clojure's reference types that I gave to the Clojure Toronto meetup.
Nate Smith
January 20, 2015
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NATE SMITH @nwjsmith theinternate.com
Clojure's REFERENCE TYPES
ATOMS AGENTS REFS
VARS
(def wayne-gretzky {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45}) wayne-gretzky ;;
=> {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45}
wayne_gretzky = { number: 99, position: "C", goals: 45 }
(def wayne-gretzky {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45}) (defn score
[player] (update-in player [:goals] inc))
wayne-gretzky ;; => {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45} (score
wayne-gretzky) ;; => {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 46}
wayne-gretzky ;; => {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45} (score
wayne-gretzky) ;; => {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 46} wayne-gretzky ;; => {:number 99 :position "C" :goals 45}
IDENTITY and STATE
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IDENTITY ≠ STATE
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BOTH MICHAEL JACKSON
WHAT CHANGED?
HIS IDENTITY
STATE IS IMMUTABLE, IDENTITIES CHANGE
wayne_gretzky = { number: 99, position: "C", goals: 45 }
wayne_gretzky[:goals] += 1 wayne_gretzky # => { number: 99, position: "C", goals: 46 }
ATOMS AGENTS REFS
ATOMS
(def atomic-wayne-gretzky (atom {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0})) (deref
atomic-wayne-gretzky) ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0} @atomic-wayne-gretzky ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0}
(def atomic-wayne-gretzky (atom {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0})) (dothreads!
(fn [] (swap! atomic-wayne-gretzky score)) :threads 100 :times 100) @atomic-wayne-gretzky ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 10000}
AGENTS
(def agent-gretzky (agent {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0})) @agent-gretzky
;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0}
(defn score-slowly [player] (Thread/sleep 5000) (update-in player [:goals] inc)) (send
agent-gretzky score-slowly) @agent-gretzky ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0} @agent-gretzky ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0} ;; 5 seconds later... @agent-gretzky ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 1}
REFS
THEY'RE FRIGGIN' MAGIC
(def gretzky-curr (ref {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0})) (def
gretzky-prev (ref @gretzky-curr)) @gretzky-curr ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0} @gretzky-prev ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 0}
(dothreads! (fn [] (dosync (ref-set gretzky-prev @gretzky-curr) (alter gretzky-curr score)))
:threads 100 :times 100) @gretzky-prev ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 9999} @gretzky-curr ;; => {:position "C" :number 99 :goals 10000}
Atoms: independent, synchronous Agents: independent, asynchronous Refs: coordinated, synchronous
THANKS!
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