On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Sunil S Nandihalli < sunil.nandiha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just thinking out loud... > After listening to "classes are a premature optimization" lecture on infoQ > .. I was just wondering if the only purpose of defrecord is space&speed > efficiency ... and could just use maps .. ofcourse .. I won't be able to use > the protocols ..defrecord may improve the readability in terms of what keys > to expect .. Am I missing something? > Sunil. > It's not just about space & efficiency. It is very much about expressiveness. One promise that Clojure offers over other Lisps is that the core data structures are built upon a rich set of interfaces. Until deftype/defrecord/protocols arrived that was something of an empty promise - you couldn't actually take advantage of this fact. David -- 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
