On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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));
>
> What the HELL?
>
> That's incredibly icky and inefficient. :)
>Don't worry, it's not actually doing that: https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/f128af9d36dfcb268b6e9ea63676cf254c0f1c40/src/jvm/clojure/lang/RT.java#L902 -- 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
