On Apr 17, 11:23 pm, "Stephen C. Gilardi" <squee...@mac.com> wrote: > > I suggest using a "-main" function for this purpose. Then with > > (ns ... (:gen-class)) you can generate a static Java class with same > > behavior. > > And if the :gen-class clause renamed main would the main function for > this namespace be that named function?
Sure. This even suggests a process: To "execute" a namespace, first compile it, then invoke the main() method of the generated class. We might try to simplify the compile path stuff first. > There's currently no way to return a "status" value from an argument > with that signature without using System/exit which has the > unfortunate side effect of also shutting down the JVM. True, but the Clojure function can still return a value, if it's being called interactively. And if it's not being called interactively, it's ok to use System/exit. I frequently do this: (ns my.cool.namespace (:gen-class)) (defn run [args] ... execution code goes here... ... return an integer ...) (defn -main [& args] (System/exit (run args))) >From the REPL, I call "run". From the command line, I call "java my.cool.namespace", which invokes "-main", which calls "run". Different routes, same result. -Stuart Sierra --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
