As I understand it, generics aren't "real" types in the JVM. They don't even exist in the compiled bytecode instructions. They're more like casting hints to the compiler. When you write List<Long> in Java, what you get is more like a List<Object> that automatically casts elements to Long when you retrieve them. -Stuart Sierra
On May 28, 5:23 pm, tsuraan <tsur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a java class whose constructor expects (among other things) a > BlockingQueue<Long>. It's easy to create a BlockingQueue in clojure > (obviously), but I can't figure out the syntax to specialize it to the > Long type. Is this possible, or does it even make sense? I seem to > recall that generics are just hints for the java compiler and not > actually enforced by the runtime, which would imply that clojure has > no need to support them. Is that the case? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
