Definitely +1, yes.

- Chas

On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Mike Hinchey wrote:

> I have a suggestion for the with-open macro.  It calls .close when  
> it's finished.  I'd like it to have a (defmulti close type) so it's  
> behavior is extensible.  A standard method could be defined for  
> java.io.Closeable and a :default method with no type hint.  I've  
> come across a few cases where some external library defines what is  
> essentially a close method but names it shutdown or disable, etc.,  
> and defining my own close method would be much easier than rewriting  
> with-open.  This would also allow people to eliminate reflection for  
> classes like sql Connection that were created before Closeable.
>
> I'll submit a patch if it's wanted.  This would fit in core, or  
> maybe contrib.duck-streams with a slightly different name.
>
> -Mike

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