On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:11 PM, nathanmarz <nathan.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > of contention is what Clojure does when it has to box a primitive int.
My understanding is that Clojure 1.3 has 64-bit primitives, i.e., longs and double. You only have a primitive int if you coerce the value to int (for an interop call that expects an int) - based on what I've understood of the numerics discussions. Similarly, you only have a primitive float if you coerce the value. So Clojure boxes a long as Long. If you want to box a long as Integer, you have to explicitly say so: (Integer. 42) - and Clojure will give you an Integer and not do anything to it. (Is my understanding correct? I'm finding the discussion interesting but not 100% sure whether I fully understand Clojure 1.3's primitive numerics) -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://www.getrailo.com/ "Perfection is the enemy of the good." -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) -- 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
