On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:35:05 PM UTC-4, John Gabriele wrote: > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 4:59:33 PM UTC-4, Colin Fleming wrote: >> >> Object doesn't have a getName() method. >> >> This doc is confusing - as Phill comments above, this is calling the >> getName() method on an instance of Class. In Clojure, a bare classname >> (String, ArrayList or whatever) resolves to the class itself if it has been >> imported (i.e. what would be String.class in Java). The doc is confusing >> because (.instanceMember Classname args*) is really just a special case >> of (.instanceMember instance args*), where "instance" refers to an instance >> of a Class object. I'm not sure why that doc makes that distinction, it >> doesn't seem useful to me. >> > > Oh. I see. `SomeClass` is an instance of java.lang.Class. > > user=> (. (class String) getName) > "java.lang.Class" > > Erf. Sorry. I don't think I understand that after all, and as well may have confused java.lang.String and java.lang.Class in my above reply.
I also notice now that: user=> (class String) java.lang.Class but user=> (. java.lang.Class getName) CompilerException java.lang.NoSuchFieldException: getName, compiling:(/tmp/form-init2724986764275224936.clj:1:1) -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.