On Nov 13, 5:27 am, Chris Kent <cjk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark Engelberg <mark.engelberg <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > I'm a little worried about the strong overlap between reify/proxy, > > deftype/defstruct, and defclass/gen-class. I can just imagine the > > questions a year from now when people join the Clojure community and > > want to understand how they differ. So I think that eventually, there > > needs to be a very clear "story" as to why you'd choose one over the > > other. Or better yet, maybe some of the older constructs can be > > phased out completely. > > What are the plans for the future of proxy? I assume it won't go away because > reify's inability to extend an existing class is a show-stopper for some Java > interop scenarios. Will the syntax be brought in line with reify so dots will > be needed in front of method names? As things stand it's a potential source > of > confusion to have two such similar features with subtly different syntax. >
Yes. Right now the priority is to get these new features out, without breaking anyone's code. Rich -- 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
