”…why…”

I could imagine that it is a useful feature in certain situations to avoid "losing the overview" - in the broadest sense of the word. That's probably why - among other things - it's already built into other languages:

karl> (def gizmo (atom[])) 
#'karl/gizmo
karl> (add-watch gizmo :dog 
        (fn [key gizmo old new]
          (println key old new)))
#<Atom@5f5a940a: []>
karl> (swap! gizmo conj true)
:dog [] [true]
[true]
karl> (if (seq? (seq @gizmo))
        (swap! gizmo pop))
:dog [true] []
[]
karl> (if (seq? (seq @gizmo))
        (swap! gizmo pop))
nil

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«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

In reply to Re^2: how watch a variable by karlgoethebier
in thread how watch a variable by xiaoyafeng

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