On Feb 1, 3:16 pm, Timothy Pratley <timothyprat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1 February 2010 09:32, Wardrop <t...@tomwardrop.com> wrote: > > > Could someone step me through the idea behind the -main function > > (which I've also seen written as just "main" without the hyphen). > > Is "-main" special in any way, or is this just a convention that some > environments select? In the past I think I've used a manifest to > specify the main entry point... is that really necessary or does -main > map to the default main entry point regardless of build tool? Just > curious really!
-main is only special in that it maps to the 'main' method which the JVM considers the main entry point of a class The dash is the default gen-class prefix for functions that should be used as the implementation of a method. You can specify another prefix in the :gen-class form using the :prefix option. -- Jarkko -- 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
