Hi Ambrose, yes. Thanks. Burt
Am Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2013 10:55:38 UTC+2 schrieb Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant: > > Clojure uses Boolean.FALSE and null are the only two false values by > design. c.c/boolean can be useful for > converting Boolean instances that are false in Java into those that are > false in Clojure. > > Does that answer your question? > Ambrose > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Burt <burkhar...@googlemail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi Ambrose, >> >> thanks for the hint. >> >> The background of my question: >> >> Let's do something silly, namely: >> >> (def falsefalse (Boolean. false)) >> >> Then (we have been warned) we get >> (if falsefalse :t :f) ==> :t >> >> Reason: Compiler.java#L2569 checks on Boolean.FALSE >> >> But if we use the function boolean, we get >> (boolean falsefalse) ==> false >> >> Reason: RT.java#L981 checks on the objects booleanValue >> >> Is this consistent? >> >> Greetings, >> Burt >> >> >> >> >> Am Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2013 10:36:40 UTC+2 schrieb Ambrose >> Bonnaire-Sergeant: >> >>> Hi Burt, >>> >>> See the "eval" and "emit" methods of IfExpr in Compiler.java for >>> evaluation and bytecode output respectively (IIUC) for >>> "if". >>> >>> https://github.com/clojure/**clojure/blob/master/src/jvm/** >>> clojure/lang/Compiler.java#**L2551<https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/jvm/clojure/lang/Compiler.java#L2551> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ambrose >>> >>> >>> >>> > -- -- 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.
