That's the *class* Object, with a capital O. It's the one concrete class that can be extended and its methods overridden using reify (or deftype).
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Hussein B. <hubaghd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, > then why Clojure docs > http://clojuredocs.org/clojure_core/clojure.core/reify mentions 'object': > > protocol-or-interface-or-Object > (methodName [args+] body)* > > > On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:41:57 PM UTC+2, Jim foo.bar wrote: >> >> On 18/06/13 12:34, Hussein B. wrote: >> >> Since reify allows us to override methods of an object, it is better to >> do: >> >> >> 'reify' allows you to* implement*/*satisfy* interface-methods - not to >> override concrete ones. >> >> user=> (reify String >> #_=> (length [this] (count this))) >> >> user=> CompilerException java.lang.**IllegalArgumentException: only >> interfaces are supported, had: java.lang.String, >> compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:1:1) >> >> Jim >> > -- > -- > 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.
