Ah, yes. I meant, what are these hints? What does the compiler change? Is it some sort of informal type enforcement or something?
Thanks! On Nov 12, 5:05 pm, Rich Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 12, 6:49 pm, samppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Onhttp://clojure.org/reader... > > > A shorthand version allows the metadata to be a simple symbol or > > keyword, in which case it is > > treated as a single entry map with a key of :tag and a value of > > the symbol provided, e.g.: > > #^String x is the same as #^{:tag String} x > > Such tags can be used to convey type information to the compiler. > > > I'm just wondering, does tag metadata do anything right now? If not, > > what is planned for its use? > > Tag metadata is used currently to convey type hints to the compiler. > > Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
