On May 11, 2011, at 9:04 PM, David Nolen wrote:

> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Chas Emerick <cemer...@snowtide.com> wrote:
> (defn ^String foo [])
> (defn foo ^long [])
> 
> The real problem is that first case was never actually specifying a return 
> type - it is a type hint on the var that happened to store an fn. The fn 
> itself can only return Object (<=1.2.0).
> 
> Now fns can return Object, long, double.

Yes, I understand that, but is the differentiated placement of the hint 
intended to communicate that difference?  I assume there's only one or two 
people that might know…

- Chas

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