(defn destr [& {:keys [a b] :as opts}]
[a b opts])
(destr :a 1)
->[1 nil {:a 1}]
(destr {:a 1 :b 2})
->[1 2 {:a 1 :b 2}]18 March 2021
Fogus
To date, Clojure’s support for keyword arguments forces programmers to choose between creating APIs that better support people (accepting keyword args) or APIs that better support programs (by taking a map of those args).
Introduced in Clojure 1.11, a function specified to take keyword arguments may be passed a single map instead of or in addition to (and following) the key/value pairs. When a lone map is passed, it is used outright for destructuring, else a trailing map is added to the map built from the preceding key/values via conj. For example, a function that takes a sequence of optional keyword arguments and returns a vector containing the values is defined as:
(defn destr [& {:keys [a b] :as opts}]
[a b opts])
(destr :a 1)
->[1 nil {:a 1}]
(destr {:a 1 :b 2})
->[1 2 {:a 1 :b 2}]In Clojure 1.11 the call to destr accepts a mixture of key/value pairs and/or a lone (or trailing) map benefitting both programmer and program.
This enhancement is available now in org.clojure/clojure "1.11.0-alpha1".