On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Herwig Hochleitner <hhochleit...@gmail.com > wrote:
> 2012/10/16 David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> > >> >> I'm aware of this one as well. But again I think we can and should do a >> quick fix in the compiler for this. Either the user used multimethods or >> they did not. >> > > I don't see how such a quick fix could be done, without the compiler > gaining a concept of "the whole program", in which the user could have used > MMs. > In my understanding, the compiler, as it is right now, is fundamentally > form-at-a-time, so at the point the global-hierarchy var already gets > emitted, you can't possibly know if it will be used. > Certainly, you are much more familiar with the implementation, do you see > a point where this could already be hacked in? > ClojureScript programmers benefit from the assumption of whole program optimization for production code. Also remember we have analyze-file. If these weren't true ClojureScript would not be anywhere near as fast as it currently is. Look at all the assumptions we can make when we compile a fn invocation form under advanced compilation. David -- 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
