Found an answer on stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4512790/how-do-i-use-print-dup-to-print-records-in-clojure-a-simple-case
On Dec 22, 1:27 pm, Brent Millare <brent.mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use *print-dup* to allow writing clojure data to a file > and then read it back, however, I'm getting problems even with this > simple case. Is there something I am doing wrong? What do I need to do > to get this to work? > > Clojure 1.3.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT > user=> (defrecord TreeNode [val left right]) ;;create the record > user.TreeNode > user=> (TreeNode. 5 nil nil) > #:user.TreeNode{:val 5, :left nil, :right nil} ;; it works just fine > user=> (binding [*print-dup* true] (prn (TreeNode. 5 nil nil))) ;; use > *print-dup* to support reading in and preserving type > #=(user.TreeNode/create {:val #=(java.lang.Long. "5"), :left > nil, :right nil}) ;; this is the form we need to copy paste > nil > user=> #=(user.TreeNode/create {:val #=(java.lang.Long. "5"), :left > nil, :right nil}) ;;trying to copy and paste > IllegalArgumentException No matching method found: create > clojure.lang.Reflector.invokeMatchingMethod (Reflector.java:50) ;;we > have an error > user=> -- 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