[CLJ-1038] Docstring for deliver doesn't match behavior

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:47:10 -0600

The docstring for deliver doesn't match the actual behavior. It says an exception gets thrown on multiple delivers, but that's no longer the case, as of 1.3 (hat tip to clgv on irc).

user=> (doc deliver)
-------------------------
clojure.core/deliver
([promise val])
  Alpha - subject to change.
  Delivers the supplied value to the promise, releasing any pending
  derefs. A subsequent call to deliver on a promise will throw an exception.
nil

(let [p (promise)] 
  (deliver p "hi") 
  (deliver p "bye") 
  @p)
;=> "hi"

This patch updates the docstring to reflect actual behavior: "will throw an exception." -> "will have no effect."

Clojure JIRA

[CLJ-1038] Docstring for deliver doesn't match behavior