Hi Stu, I like your "open dispatch club" ;-)
Yes, after some thinking this is rather clear - every single something had to be scanned whether it implements a protocol; ehm, and rescanned when a new protocol is defined. Well, I drop that request ;-) Thank you for the illumination, alux On 8 Sep., 16:05, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > The first rule of open dispatch club is "you never get a complete list of > club members." :-) This is also true for e.g. Java interfaces: there is no > API call for "reflectively show me all implementers of this interface." > > The IDE/tools use case is a real one, but it will need to be solved in the > same way IDEs currently find all implementers of an interface: the > information is in the environment, not in the core of the language. > > Stu > > > Hello Stuart, sorry to answer so late, got holidays, happily. > > > I tried to use the function extenders to list the implementations, so > > to say, of the protocol. > > That was playing around, not a use case taken from reality. If I try > > to make a use case up, hm, I may need it in the development > > environment, to find functions to ponder their use. > > > Regards, alux > > > On 3 Sep., 16:05, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Let's back up: what are you trying to do with 'extenders'? > > >> Stu > > >>> Yes, thats what I see. > >>> I just dont think this is very sensible. > > >>> Thank you Meikel! > > >>> Greetings, alux > > >>> On 3 Sep., 13:10, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote: > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> On 3 Sep., 12:49, alux <alu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> shouldnt the type x be listed a extender of xx here? Or why not? > > >>>> No. It shows up if you actually use extend to the extend the protocol > >>>> to the type. > > >>>> Sincerely > >>>> Meikel > > >>> -- > >>> 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 > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
