Robert McIntyre <r...@mit.edu> writes: > what the heck... > > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (Thread. ((constantly nil))) > #<Thread Thread[Thread-100,5,main]> > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (Thread. ((fn []))) > #<Thread Thread[Thread-101,5,main]> > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (Thread. ((fn [] nil))) > #<Thread Thread[Thread-102,5,main]> > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (Thread. (let [this-is-nil ((fn [] > nil))] this-is-nil)) > #<Thread Thread[Thread-103,5,main]> > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (Thread. nil) > ; Evaluation aborted. > mailing-list.print-from-threads> (= nil (let [this-is-nil ((fn [] > nil))] this-is-nil) ((fn [])) ((constantly nil))) > true > mailing-list.print-from-threads> > > all of these things are referentially transparent, so how is clojure > differentiating between things that evaluate to nil and nil itself?
It's picking the Thread(String name), constructor for some reason when it gets an Object type hint. user> (let [^Object o nil] (Thread. o)) #<Thread Thread[Thread-8,5,main]> -- 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
