gistfile1.clj

;; Here is the function definition I am trying to use, from
;; https://github.com/ptaoussanis/carmine/blob/master/src/taoensso/carmine.clj:

(defn make-conn-spec
  [& {:keys [host port password timeout db]
      :or   {host "127.0.0.1" port 6379 password nil timeout 0 db 0}}]
  {:host host :port port :password password :timeout timeout :db db})

;; I have read about destructuring both in clojure.org special forms 
;; and in the Joy of Clojure book, but I can't wrap my head around
;; how to invoke this function.

;;I have tried invoking this function to get something other than the default return value of:

{:host "127.0.0.1" :port 6379 :password nil :timeout 0 :db 0}

;; ...to no avail. I have tried passing in a map:

(make-conn-spec {:host "example.com" :port 9999 :password "insecure" :timeout 900 :db 1})

;; I have tried passing in arguments:

(make-conn-spec "example.com" 9999 "insecure" 900 1)

;; I have tried a ridiculous map:

(make-conn-spec {"host" "example.com" "port" 9999 "password" "insecure" "timeout" 900 "db" 1})