On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like each top-level form currently gets its own fresh
> DynamicClassLoader.
>
> [...]
>
> (do (def a #()) (def b #()))

If you'll pardon a nit-pick, this example is somewhat misleading since
do forms are special-cased by the compiler so that each form they
contain is treated as a top-level form.

Witness:

(do (def a #()) (def b #()))
(= (.getClassLoader (class a)) (.getClassLoader (class b)))
;; => false

;; we can avoid the compiler's special-casing
(when true (def a #()) (def b #()))
(= (.getClassLoader (class a)) (.getClassLoader (class b)))
;; => true

The point you are getting at is correct, but it's better shown without do.

-Phil

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