yes that's the reason thank you very much! Meikel also pointed me in that direction with ; (meta (first (nth (macroexpand-1 '(aTest)) 2))) => {:tag long} and on ihis blog *http://kotka.de/blog/2009/12/with-meta_and_the_reader.html*<http://kotka.de/blog/2009/12/with-meta_and_the_reader.html> which has been very helpful Many Thanx Am Donnerstag, 19. Juli 2012 05:49:02 UTC+2 schrieb dgrnbrg:
> 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