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		jwr on Sept 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Clojure Spec is and what you can do with it Yes, that was largely my point. Many people (me included) assume that s/conform is a kind of coercion, which it is not. Not all of the above problems are due to coercion, but the majority are. To be clear: I'm not complaining here, I find spec to be very useful and I like it, just pointing out traps for the unwary.

didibus on Sept 11, 2020 [–]

Ya fair enough, I've definitely seen a lot of people think conforming is meant for coercion. But it's not, it's only meant for disambiguating the chosen path (when multiple are possible) for validation.

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