On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:28 AM, timc <timgcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Further investigation reveals that
>
> (def b (byte i))
>
> is doing something equivalent to this internally:
>
> byte b = Byte.parseByte(String.format("%d",i));
>
> which does indeed throw a NumberFormatException if the decimal integer
> representation given to it produces an out-of-range value (as it
> should).
>
> So - what I'm pleading for, is that (byte b) and (int i), (short s),
> etc. should simply perform a masking operation (on the appropriate
> number of least significant bits) in the way that java clearly does.For the record, unchecked coercions are in progress: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-441 -- 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
