Interning table uses keyword's symbol as a key, and the symbols are
compared by value. See
https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/jvm/clojure/lang/Keyword.java#L37
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Arkadiusz Komarzewski <
akomarzew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder how is equality of keywords implemented in Clojure?
>
> I have this piece of Java code executed in one classloader:
> Keyword a = (Keyword) RT.var("clojure.core", "keyword").invoke("keyword");
>
> Then, when I pass it to another part of my application (which uses another
> classloader) and do this:
> Keyword b = (Keyword) RT.var("clojure.core", "keyword").invoke("keyword");
> assert a == b;
>
> Assertion passes.
> Why does it work? If I'm correct, keywords are interned, but since they
> were created in separate classloaders shouldn't that assert fail?
>
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