I'm not following your line of reasoning -
http://lukevanderhart.com/2011/09/30/using-javascript-and-clojurescript.html,
shows that :foreign-libs and advanced compilation work fine together.

David

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Dave Sann <daves...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that the use of :foreign-libs to include non closure js libs in
> cljs builds may be hazardous
>
> My reasoning as as follows:
>
> if you use :foreign-libs, you create a namespace for the library - and
> must require this namespace in order for it to be included in the build.
>
> But, if you plan to use advanced compilation and use :externs this
> namespace is never provided.
>
> The result is that switching for simple to advance compilation requires a
> change in every file that required the dependency - to remove it.
>
> Probably not a huge issue - but not ideal either.
> -----------
>
> Following on from this I have an Idea for browser targeted foreign js libs
> and I would like input/opinions
>
> suppose a macro
>
> (wrap-js js-file externs-file options
>   (foo [] (.foo js/SomeClass)
> )
>
> to be used something like:
>
> (ns my-wrapper)
>
> (wrap-js "some.js" "some.externs.js" {:inline true}
>  ...fn definitions...
> )
>
>
> this will then:
>  1. ensure that the externs file is included in the build.
>  2. generate a function that is called in the client when bootstrap.js is
> loaded to insert a <script> tag in the head of the page, loading or
> inlining the raw js
>
> There would probably be need to ensure that the script is read before fns
> can be called.
>
> Feasible?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
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