eval calls read for somethings.

2009/10/30 Tiago Antão <[email protected]>:
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Meikel Brandmeyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> All good here, but, if I do the eval variation,
>>> user=> (eval (list (symbol ".setFileSelectionMode") jfc 1))
>>
>> Another example which shows that eval is not worth the trouble. It is
>> better to use reflection. You cannot embed the JFileChooser as a
>> object into the code. You have to construct it in your eval. (eval `
>> (let [chooser# (JFileChooser.)] (~(symbol ".setFileSelectionMode")
>> chooser# 1) chosser#)).
>
> Thanks for all the people that helped. But I just wonder, why?
> I mean, why one cannot embed an object in the eval code?
>
> Tiago
>
> >
>



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