The reader always returns objects, it's the compiler that sometimes decides to unbox literal numbers.
As for type, it's just a regular Clojure function which takes a single object argument (so the 23 will be passed to it in a Long box). Here it happens to delegate to class and ultimately (.getClass (Long. 23)). Cheers, M. On 22 February 2013 14:19, John Lawrence Aspden <aspd...@googlemail.com> wrote: > So, something like: (type 23) the reader makes a list of a symbol and a > primitive, the evaluator evals to get a generic function and a primitive, > then tries to apply the generic function to the primitive, can't find a > primitive version, so boxes the primitive to an object and tries again, and > then finds that there is a specific type function that takes long objects > and applies that? (i.e. type isn't lying, but the evaluator is deceiving it) > > Are there any docs for this or any way to trace the process? How would I > work out what's going on in a given case? > > On Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:59:33 PM UTC, Herwig Hochleitner wrote: >> >> Both are true. >> >> The type function doesn't have a primitive version, so its argument gets >> auto-boxed. >> > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
