On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:28 AM, timc <timgcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Further investigation reveals that
>
> (def b (byte i))
>
> is doing something equivalent to this internally:
>
> byte b = Byte.parseByte(String.format("%d",i));What the HELL? That's incredibly icky and inefficient. :) Why not if (i < 128 || i > 127) throw something; else b = (byte)i; which still bounds-checks the conversion but has got to be orders of magnitude faster? -- 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
