On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM, nathanmarz <nathan.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure we're arguing about the same thing. I think that Clojure > only supporting 64 bit primitive arithmetic is fine, and I'm not > proposing that it support 32 bit primitive arithmetic. The sole point > of contention is what Clojure does when it has to box a primitive int. > I think this is orthogonal to primitive args/return, but correct me if > I'm wrong. > If 32bit ints are allowed to exist then the various numeric operators must handle them. If the numeric operators handle them then primitive arg and return should probably be supported. But that would exponentially increase the number of interfaces required for primitive arg return support. 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
