Razvan, are you asking about dispatch on multiple types... protocols only give fast dispatch on their first arg's type.
Currently you can either get fast dispatch on the type of the first arg, or you get slower dispatch on anything w/ multimethods. On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Robert Levy <[email protected]> wrote: > But isn't that the whole point of protocols, polymorphic dispatch that is > fast? > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Răzvan Rotaru <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The keyword here is speed. Multimethods are not fast. They don't use the >> JVM for dispatch (as far as I know). Protocols are fast. That's the reason >> for their existence. I want to find out whether there's some effort >> invested in making fast multiple dispatch in Clojure (and how else can it >> be but based on Java types?). >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> 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 [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
