Well, under the covers the str function applies the java "toString" method to any passed in object and hence the result could for some reason be different to the original String object passed in. I think this could occur if the object subclasses String, but has a different representation (i.e a different toString method).
Are you able to post what s contains when this happens? You could try printing s in your calling function and then also in the defmethod, e.g; (defmethod t-str String [s] (prn "cls:" (class s) "s:" s "chars:" (vec s)))) Maybe that'll shed some light? On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:59 AM, tsuraan <tsur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe there's something about the particular [ s ] object that you're >> passing in? > > I believe that you're right; in general, the getBytes seems to work. > It is just in this one freakish case that it doesn't, but I have no > idea how to tell what's special about my string. I'm not exactly > proficient in Java, and I'm a complete clojure newbie, so I really > have no idea how to proceed with debugging this. > > Under what circumstances would (str s) give something different from > s, when (.getClass s) gives java.lang.String? > > Also, sorry for the horrible subject line; that was my initial guess, > and I had a big email written up about it, but then I started testing > my assumptions and they were all garbage. I rewrote the email, but > forgot about the subject... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
