On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Kevin Livingston <kevinlivingston.pub...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an application that will read in a large number of structures > from a file. those structures will be used throughout the application > to produce additional data etc. since they are "user" configurable, > it would be nice to know where they come from should one of them start > misbehaving. the type of metadata the compiler associates with > function definitions etc. would be very valuable. if I'm reading my > structures in with (read) is there anyway to get it to attach filename > and line-number etc. metadata?
The reader doesn't do that but you can easily do it yourself if you only want to annotate top-level values. Thinking about this made me realize that it would be nice if the reader reentered itself (as it does in LispReader's readDelimitedList() and a few other contexts) through a var so it could be rebound by a programmer. Then you could inject your own line number annotation into the reader which would apply not only to top-level values (e.g. a vector literal) but also its subvalues (e.g. the elements of the vector literal). -Per -- 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
