It might be a nice idea if atoms/vars/refs could be passed and modified appropriately in these calls.
However, there is an efficiency to local variable bindings that could not be attained with these other mechanisms. On Nov 2, 11:22 am, John Harrop <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be cleaner to just require that the ref/out parameters be passed > an atom, a var with a thread-local binding, or a ref, and treat the CLR > method as performing a swap!, set!, or alter as appropriate? (Complete with > passing it a ref failing outside of a dosync block.) > > In other words, just fold it into the existing Clojure framework for dealing > with values that can change, and transparently wrap in the appropriate > concurrency semantics. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
