Hi,

Am Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2013 14:27:01 UTC+1 schrieb Mikera:
>
> You can't really avoid the instance checks: the underlying mechanic is 
> that the JVM needs to figure out somehow at runtime which overloaded method 
> version to call, since all it knows at compile time is that it has an 
> arbitrary Object. 
>
> instance? is the simplest way to do this. There are some fancier ways 
> (e.g. using reflection or invokedynamic) but your case doesn't have very 
> complex dispatch requirements so instance? checks are almost certainly the 
> best option.
>
> The good news is that instance? checks are extremely fast on the JVM so 
> performance will still be great (certainly far better than if you used any 
> kind of reflection....)
>

Implementing a clojure protocol will give you fast dispatch on the first 
argument's type. 

-billy.

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