Hi,

Am 30.12.2011 um 20:34 schrieb Marshall T. Vandegrift:

> Another option I've been making use of for exactly this situation is to
> use the #= reader macro to evaluate the Class/forName at read-time.
> Something like:
> 
>  (extend-protocol MyProtocol
>    java.lang.Integer (action [x] "Integer")
>    #=(Class/forName "[B") (action [x] "ByteArray"))
> 
> It may not be ideal stylistically, but lets you use extend-protocol in
> such situations.

The “right” thing is probably allowing strings as well in extend-protocol. It 
is allowed in several other places like gen-class or type hinting. So it seems 
consistent to allow also (extend-protocol "[B" …).

Sincerely
Meikel

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