I don't think that the type hint will appear in the printed output. It is metadata, so it won't be shown by the printer. If you try (let [[_ _ [b] (macroexpand-1 '(aTest))] (meta b)) you should see {:tag long}.
On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:55:31 AM UTC-4, john wrote: > > Hello, > how do I get primitive typ hints to appear in the output of a macro? > > like : > (defmacro aTest [] > `(~'defn ~'aFun [^long ~'b ] (meta ~'b) )) > > (macroexpand-1 '(aTest)) > yields : > > (aFun 7) > (macroexpand-1 '(aTest)) > yields : > > (defn aFun [b] (clojure.core/meta b)) > > but I wold like it to be : > (defn aFun [^long b] (clojure.core/meta b)) > > Many greetings > John > > > -- 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