2010/9/30 Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> > The following form fails in Clojure 1.0, but was fixed in 1.1: > > (eval '(do (require 'clojure.inspector) clojure.inspector/inspect)) > > It used to fail because it tried to compile the whole quoted form, but > it couldn't compile the inspect reference because the require hadn't > been run yet. I think it's great that it works in 1.1, but I'm boggled > as to how it works. Does the compiler split apart certain forms like > do and compile/run each form separately? It seems like it wouldn't be > possible to make this work without multiple passes, but I'm curious > how it's done. >
Yes, "do" is given special treatment, I've meet this part of code a while back. It basically just is converted into as many eval() as there are exprs in the do. > > -Phil > > -- > 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@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
