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Clojure thoughts and tips

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EEleonore9
Last edited Jan 29, 2016
Created on Jan 29, 2016

This example illustrates Clojure’s multimethod polymorphism by defining a `full-moon-behavior` multimethod that dispatches on the `:were-type` key of a map. The code uses `defmulti` with a custom dispatching function and `defmethod` to attach behavior for `:wolf` and `:simmons` types, returning strings based on the creature’s name. Calling the multimethod with different maps, as shown, produces type-specific output. The example is drawn from a Clojure documentation gist, demonstrating dispatch logic without any external visualization libraries or data sources.

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