Re: Metadata on functions

2009-03-04 Thread Rich Hickey
On Mar 4, 10:46 am, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > On Mar 4, 2009, at 15:09, Rich Hickey wrote: > > > Supporting with-meta for fns requires they be copyable with > > new metadata (as are all the persistent collections and symbols). I > > haven't decided how best to support that copyability for fns that

Re: Metadata on functions

2009-03-04 Thread Konrad Hinsen
On Mar 4, 2009, at 15:09, Rich Hickey wrote: > Supporting with-meta for fns requires they be copyable with > new metadata (as are all the persistent collections and symbols). I > haven't decided how best to support that copyability for fns that are > closures while minimizing the overhead for fns

Re: Metadata on functions

2009-03-04 Thread Rich Hickey
On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > > Rich, > > is there a reason why metadata is explicitly disabled on function > objects? > > I find myself wanting to put metadata on functions frequently. It > seems even more important for functions than for anything

Re: Metadata on functions

2009-03-04 Thread Anand Patil
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > > Rich, > > is there a reason why metadata is explicitly disabled on function > objects? > > I find myself wanting to put metadata on functions frequently. It > seems even more important for functions than for any

Metadata on functions

2009-03-04 Thread Konrad Hinsen
Rich, is there a reason why metadata is explicitly disabled on function objects? I find myself wanting to put metadata on functions frequently. It seems even more important for functions than for anything else, given that there is no way to inspect a function object at all, it