From 07c565add49c266f5e85eb29099ba1f8651f17b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olli <1998952+pikariop@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:45:08 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Remove extra trailing parens

---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0862ec3..258adce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ For example:
   (is (match? {:name/first "Alfredo"}
               {:name/first  "Alfredo"
                :name/last   "da Rocha Viana"
-               :name/suffix "Jr."}))))
+               :name/suffix "Jr."})))
 
 (deftest test-matching-nested-datastructures
   ;; Maps, sequences, and sets follow the same semantics whether at
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ The `via` matcher can help us out with this:
   (is (match? (m/match-with
                [vector? (fn [expected] (m/via sort expected))]
                {:payloads [1 2 3]})
-              {:payloads (shuffle [3 2 1])}))))
+              {:payloads (shuffle [3 2 1])})))
 ```
 
 In this example we decorate `vector?`'s matcher to first sort the `actual` and then do matching.

From d8b4cc2b2556bd851e81cd2e5bf92b0168ae3c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olli <1998952+pikariop@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:45:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Provide a value for `expected`, and wrap tests in `is` so
 that `match?` is available

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 258adce..cb47dbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -236,12 +236,13 @@ Negative matchers, that is, those asserting the absence of something, are genera
 
 ```clojure
 (deftest avoid-negative-matchers
-  (testing "normal assertion that `:a` is present"
-    (match? {:a any?}
-            actual))
-  (testing "double negation version"
-    (match? (matcher-combinators.matchers/mismatch {:a matcher-combinators.matchers/absent})
-            actual)))
+  (let [actual {:a 1}]
+    (testing "normal assertion that `:a` is present"
+      (is (match? {:a any?}
+                  actual)))
+    (testing "double negation version"
+      (is (match? (matcher-combinators.matchers/mismatch {:a matcher-combinators.matchers/absent})
+                  actual)))))
 ```
 
 ### building new matchers

From b6eb1e5aa9f5165f760b098a6ed218a93f3009cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olli <1998952+pikariop@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:51:41 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Slurp the map literal into the match form

---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb47dbd..96a96a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ For convenience we've also added the built-in matcher `nested-equals` to reduce
 
 ``` clojure
 (deftest exact-map-matching-with-match-with
-  (is (match? (m/nested-equals {:a {:b {:c odd?}}}))
-              {:a {:b {:c 1}}}))
+  (is (match? (m/nested-equals {:a {:b {:c odd?}}})
+              {:a {:b {:c 1}}})))
 ```
 
 ## Development

From c186e965dbd965c6b18390fe4c3fedd9d5406489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olli <1998952+pikariop@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:02:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Remove the extra map literal around `result`

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96a96a6..6168763 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The `via` matcher can help us out with this:
 ```clojure
 (let [result {:payloads ["{:foo :bar :baz :qux}"]}]
   (is (match? {:payloads [(m/via read-string {:foo :bar})]}
-              {:payloads result})))
+              result)))
 ```
 
 `via`, when paired with `match-with`, can be used to apply `actual` pre-processing before applying an underlying matcher: