Transducers in Clojure

[David Byron]

One of the newer features in Clojure, transducers, offers an additional means of higher-order abstraction. As I understand it-- which is not (yet) well!-- a transducer automates converting one algorithm to another (say, evolving one mapper or reducer or collector into another of the same kind).

Does your book cover the purpose and idiomatic usage of transducers, or did it reach press before that feature entered the language? If you do touch on transducers, can you offer an example that would make clear, especially for the imperatively-minded Clojure wannabe, what sort of use case or problem would call for that capability?

Thanks for contributing to the forum!

[Sean Corfield]

Unfortunately Clojure in Action 2nd Edition covers up to Clojure 1.6 and transducers were introduced in Clojure 1.7 (reducers first appeared in Clojure 1.5 so I would expect those to be covered perhaps). I asked about Clojure versions in this thread:

https://coderanch.com/t/661889/clojure/Clojure-Action-Clojure-versions

Francis gave a great answer there (and said that he "sincerely regret[ed]" not being able to cover transducers in the book).

[David Byron]

Thanks for your reply. This question was intended for the authors visiting the forum in relation to the book promotion/giveaway.

[Sean Corfield]

I understand that, which is why I pointed you at the thread in which the author had already answered this question, hoping that his answer there would help you.

[David Byron]

It was a good thread and quite on point. I appreciate your help.

[chris webster]

Thanks, Sean. Your expert contributions in this forum are always very welcome.