On 08.06.2009, at 21:59, Andrew Wagner wrote:
> Just to be clear, is (String.) a macro? I thought it was just a
> special form.
Let's ask Clojure:
(macroexpand-1 '(String.))
-> (new String)
So it's a macro. The only difference between a macro and a special
form is that a macro expands into something, whereas a special form
is handled directly by the compiler. This also means that the
distinction is implementation-dependent: Clojure 1.1 could very well
implement (String.) as a special form, or implement new as a macro.
Konrad.
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