On Aug 22, 2013 2:19 PM, "Softaddicts" <lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Jim, > > > This is indeed a hack and not a best practice, maybe you're not using the > right tool for your problem... > > > - If you want to exchange data (think values), you should not be in need of > keeping types and meta data > > Metadata is part of the Clojure environment and part of the value domain it handles. > Why should it not be transmitted along with the value ? > If the receiver is not written in Clojure it may be questionable an probably not > very useful to transmit it but otherwise ?
I don't think anyone suggested the type of a record should not be part of its edn representation. Here we're talking about arbitrary metadata. While it is "part of the Clojure environment," the way in which it's "part of the value domain it handles" is... subtle. "An important thing to understand about metadata is that it is not considered to be part of the value of an object. As such, metadata does not impact equality (or hash codes). Two objects that differ only in metadata are equal." http://clojure.org/metadata -- -- 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.
