On 12 February 2011 18:56, Seth <wbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > As the question states - why doesnt defrecord support java class > inheritence? Is it just because people think it wouldnt be 'good' or > are there true technical issues with doing it?
It's a design choice. Some languages tie together the concepts of inheritance and polymorphism together. This tends not to be Clojure's way of doing things; in Clojure, datatypes are just a mechanism for polymorphism. - James -- 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