clojure.core/defn-

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Type: macro Added: Clojure 1.0 Examples: 2 Runnable: 1

([name & decls])

same as defn, yielding non-public def

Examples

by nipra on 2010-07-15 ▶

(ns test) nil (defn- foo [] "World!") #'test/foo (defn bar [] (str "Hello " (foo))) #'test/bar (foo) "World!" (bar) "Hello World!" (ns playground) nil (test/bar) "Hello World!" ;; Error will be thrown ;; var: #'test/foo is not public (test/foo)

by jimka2001 on 2020-09-30 . May have evaluation errors. ▶

;;It is sometimes useful to call a private function from within a test case (defn- my-private-fun [x] (+ x 42)) ;; in test case file (deftest t-testing-my-private-fun (testing "my-private-fun") (is (= 45 (#'my-private-fun 3)) "didn't get 45 as expected")))

See also

• clojure.core/defn (5)

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