Since there seems to be interest in the exact mechanics:
For every special form there exists a subclass of Expr in the clojure
compiler, which represents the special form in the analysis result. Every
such class directly implements the behavior of the special form in terms of
compiler infrastructu
esday, March 19, 2013 11:49:45 AM UTC+1, ajlopez wrote:
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>> Thanks Jean!
>>
>> Yes, I did that test before my email.
>>
>> But my doubt is:
>>
>> What part is in charge of metadata evaluation?
>>
>
> As Herwig commented: The part which evalu
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:49:45 AM UTC+1, ajlopez wrote:
>
> Thanks Jean!
>
> Yes, I did that test before my email.
>
> But my doubt is:
>
> What part is in charge of metadata evaluation?
>
As Herwig commented: The part which evaluates metadata is without doubt
t is still evaluated when
require'ing the resulting class files.
2013/3/19 Angel Java Lopez
> Thanks Jean!
>
> Yes, I did that test before my email.
>
> But my doubt is:
>
> What part is in charge of metadata evaluation?
>
> From such test, I can't deduce i
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:49:09 AM UTC+1, ajlopez wrote:
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> Hi everyone!
Hi!
The easiest thing to find out of this would be to check it out:
(def ^{:a (+ 1 1)} two 2)
;=> user/two
(meta #'two)
;=> { :a 2}
So indeed, the forms within metadata is evaluated.
-- Jean Niklas L'orange
