On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Brian Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Java reference type is basically any type allocated on the heap. The > four Clojure reference types are particular Java reference types. My > complaint is this is exactly the sort of weirdness that causes > learners to scratch their heads. Not the biggest issue, sure, but this > sort of thing is nice to avoid when possible.
First off, let me say that I've started looking through what you've written and I really like what I've read so far, so good job and thanks! WRT the "reference type" vs. "reference object" terms, yes, it's unfortunate that the "reference type" term is overloaded. However, it seems like it is overloaded for a good reason in this case. Var's and Ref's are types in Clojure, they are not objects, so I'm not sure that "reference object" is accurate and that is more confusing to me than the overloading of the term. Especially when I would expect that anyone coming to Clojure would be reading the official docs in parallel with your intro. and the official docs refer to "reference types", so not using the same terminology can confuse things. Again, I really like where you are going with this and you have explained a lot of stuff better than I could, so you may very well be right that someone new to Clojure will be less likely to stumble over "reference objects". I just wanted to point out that, at least to some, the other term carries more meaning, even if it is overloaded. Regards, - J. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
