Re: Extending namespace loading

2015-10-28 Thread Fluid Dynamics
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 11:49:39 AM UTC-4, Nathan Davis wrote: > > On the Clojure 1.80-beta2 release thread > , Ambrose > Bonnaire-Sergeant mentioned that he is monkey-patching clojure.core/load to > provide "an extension poi

Re: Extending namespace loading

2015-10-28 Thread Alex Miller
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 12:34:10 PM UTC-5, William la Forge wrote: > > What about the converse? If namespaces can be dynamically loaded, can/will > they be garbage collected when no longer referenced? > Currently, namespaces are never automatically unloaded. > Alternately, it would

Re: Extending namespace loading

2015-10-28 Thread William la Forge
What about the converse? If namespaces can be dynamically loaded, can/will they be garbage collected when no longer referenced? Alternately, it would be great to be able to load a namespace from an alternative path. I.E. The standard namespace loader but working with a different directory. Or i

Extending namespace loading

2015-10-28 Thread Nathan Davis
On the Clojure 1.80-beta2 release thread , Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant mentioned that he is monkey-patching clojure.core/load to provide "an extension pointfor alternative compilers". I can see several possibilities for such an extensi