== < <= > >= are all numeric equality/comparison functions. = and 'compare are object equality/comparison functions.
On Apr 20, 6:47 pm, Bill Allen <b...@k2bea.org> wrote: > I've been writing a program that requires the use of java.util.Calendar and > its descendent java.util.GregorianCalendar. One thing I'd hoped to do was > compare two Calendar objects with <, but the compiler complained that the > arguments to < didn't inherit from Number which was a surprise to me because > Calendar does inherit from java.lang.Comparable which in java land would be > sufficient to enable it to be compared with other members of its class using > the built in java comparison operators. Since I know that clojure has other > operations that deal with comparable, I assume this is a conscious decision, > but I question why it should be so. > > Regards, > Bill > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- 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
