It's by design, see the section on ctor literals http://clojure.org/reader#toc1
"The elements in the vector part are passed unevaluated to the relevant constructor." Nicola dennis zhuang writes: > user=> #java.lang.String["hello world"] > "hello world" > > user=> #java.lang.String[(byte-array) "utf8"] > IllegalArgumentException No matching ctor found for class java.lang.String > clojure.lang.Reflector.invokeConstructor (Reflector.java:183) > > It seems that the CtorReader > <https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java#L1187-1245> > doesn't eval the arguments before invoking constructor,so it can't find a > valid ctor. > > I am not sure whether it's a bug or an expected behaviour. > > > -- > 庄晓丹 > Email: killme2...@gmail.com xzhu...@avos.com > Site: http://fnil.net > Twitter: @killme2008 -- 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/d/optout.
