Hi Dave, All the various stacktrace-prettifying libraries (clj-stacktrace, Aviso pretty etc) all do this - check their code out for some examples.
Cheers, Colin On 23 August 2015 at 01:07, Dave Tenny <dave.te...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to write a function like this: > > (defn fn-name-info > "Given a function, try to deduce the function name and clojure namespace > by looking > at the function's java class name and decoding stuff. Return a vector > of name, namespace strings, > or nil if we can't find anything. > > For example, if in jdt.core we do (defn foo []), the resulting value foo > is a thing whose class is > jdt.core$foo, for which we can return [\"jdt.core\" \"foo\"]. > > However, for anonymous functions like (fn []) typed into the REPL, > you're going to get something like [\"jdt.core\" \"eval3676$fn__3677\"]" > [f] > ) > > Surely someone out there has a bit of code that knows how to decode > classnames accounting for > many of the weird edge cases, question marks (e.g. "QMARK"), and so on? > > Can anybody help me out? > > FYI, the next step I had planned for this was for me to reach take that fn > information, look for the var that defines it, and yank out some metadata, > when all I have is the function pointer, not the var. > > Tips appreciated. > > Yes, I know it's probably a bad idea for a couple of reasons, but feel > free to point them 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/d/optout. > -- 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.