Thanks, Marko! I'd count this as a sort of bug though... at least in terms of consistency, since it breaks expected behaviour as established by other common array c'tor functions:
(int-array [1 2 3]) => ok (long-array [1 2 3]) => ok (float-array [1 2 3]) => ok (double-array [1 2 3]) => ok (byte-array [1 2 3]) => fail (short-array [1 2 3]) => fail (char-array [1 2 3]) => fail, but bearable since you'd use shorts anyway if you specify chars as numbers I had a look at clojure.lang.Numbers.java and found a fix for both bytes & shorts: Whereas all the working array c'tors functions are using this pattern: array[i] = ((Number)s.first()).intValue(); ... the byte-array & short-array versions attempt to cast the sequence items directly, i.e. array[i] = (Byte)s.first(); Changing this to the first pattern (via Number) fixes the issue and I'll submit a patch for this... Hth! K. -- Karsten Schmidt http://postspectacular.com | http://toxiclibs.org | http://toxi.co.uk On 2 March 2013 18:43, Marko Topolnik <marko.topol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, March 2, 2013 6:22:51 PM UTC+1, Karsten Schmidt wrote: >> >> >> Is that a bug or can someone please explain why bytes seem to require >> special treatment in Clojure? > > > Calling it a bug wouldn't be entirely fair since it's a missing feature. I'd > say this is filable as an enhancement request. > > -Marko > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
