phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) writes: >> I use satisfies? for optional features, e.g., if some data structure >> satisfies some protocol, then that optional feature is enabled, else >> it's disabled. But that's not really on a hot path so I don't care >> much about satisfies? performance. > > Have you tried just implementing the protocol over Object to do > nothing? Then putting use an alternative implementation of the > protocol where you want.
I really use it for optional features for which no alternative implementation exists. Concretely, I have a library that can work with several graph data structures in a uniform way. Some of them have first-class edges, others only have references. For example, my lib has a code generation facility where there's some code like (when (satisfies? IEdges type-graph) (generate-edge-access-fns ...)) But for other stuff I do extend protocols to Object (and nil) providing a default implementation. Bye, Tassilo -- 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/d/optout.