give clojurians a try on slack.  monitoring that and this list i get the
impression that helpful people do not necessarily work both fora.

On Mar 27, 2017 11:00 AM, "lonign via Clojure" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Gregg,
>
> I've have tried them, but have not been able to get anything that will
> compile, let alone run.
>
> On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 5:15:52 PM UTC-4, Gregg Reynolds wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2015 12:36 PM, "David James" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I have a problem when compiling while using gen-class with static
>> initializers. I use gen-class to extend a JavaFX 8 class,
>> javafx.scene.control.Control. During compilation, a static initializer
>> is run, raising an exception saying that the JavaFX toolkit has not been
>> initialized. I'm going to share what I've read, since this issue seems to
>> pop up from time to time, and see if there are better solutions than
>> currently posted online. Here are my questions and comments:
>>
>>    - Is there a way to run code during compilation that fires before the
>>    static initializers? I could use this as a workaround to initialize the
>>    toolkit.
>>    - Is there a way to stop the static initializers from being run? This
>>    would solve the problem.
>>    - More broadly, is is necessary for gen-class to run the static
>>    initializers during compilation? I recently read over CLJ-1315:
>>    "Problem: When classes are imported in Clojure, the class is loaded using
>>    Class.forName(), which causes its static initialisers to be executed. This
>>    differs from Java where compilation does not cause classes to be loaded." 
>> I
>>    wonder if a similar approach should be used with Clojure's gen-class.
>>
>> Related discussions:
>>
>>    - JIRA: CLJ-1315 <http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1315>
>>    - Compilation question - why initialize classes when loading for
>>    compilation?
>>    
>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/clojure/static$20initializers/clojure/Qd9KTKwqsOA/OigoOrcmoAkJ>
>>    - Stack Overflow: How can a static initializer be defined using
>>    gen-class
>>    
>> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11783736/how-can-a-static-initializer-be-defined-using-gen-class>
>>    - Stack Overflow: Clojure can't import JavaFX classes with static
>>    initializers
>>    
>> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23365409/clojure-cant-import-javafx-classes-with-static-initializers>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>>
>> just curious, have you tried using :init/:constructors in gen-class?
>>
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