[ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread Alex Miller
1.10.0-beta5 is now available. You can try it with clj using: clj -Sdeps '{:deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.0-beta5"}}}' Changes in 1.10.0-beta5: - In addition to prior methods of extension, values can now extend protocols by adding metadata where keys are fully-qua

Re: ANN: clj-windows-1.0-alpha - Clojure installer and CLI tools for windows 10

2018-11-06 Thread David Powell
Just wondering... You know how the escaping of double quotes with backslashes gets pretty messy in windows because single quotes aren't used, well does it need to be? As I understand it, in Windows the command line is just a string (as returned by GetCommandLine), and it is broken up into things

Re: [ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread John Schmidt
Nice to see continued progress on Clojure 1.10! It is not clear to me what metadata extension provides that is not already possible with direct definitions or external extensions. Some additional background or a small motivating example would be much appreciated in clearing up the confusion! O

Re: [ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread Alex Miller
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 9:25:31 AM UTC-6, John Schmidt wrote: > > Nice to see continued progress on Clojure 1.10! > > It is not clear to me what metadata extension provides that is not already > possible with direct definitions or external extensions. Some additional > background or a sm

Re: [ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread Jason Felice
This pattern appears in clojure.zip, also. (Any point in updating that?) On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 10:51 AM Alex Miller wrote: > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 9:25:31 AM UTC-6, John Schmidt wrote: >> >> Nice to see continued progress on Clojure 1.10! >> >> It is not clear to me what metadata e

Re: [ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread Alex Miller
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 9:58 AM Jason Felice wrote: > This pattern appears in clojure.zip, also. (Any point in updating that?) > clojure.zip is not currently protocol-oriented, but could be, in which case it's impl would be pretty similar to what it is now (but using the instance protocol suppor

Re: [ANN] 1.10.0-beta5

2018-11-06 Thread John Schmidt
Wow, that's a nice example, makes it clear that it brings something new to the table! On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 4:50:55 PM UTC+1, Alex Miller wrote: > > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 9:25:31 AM UTC-6, John Schmidt wrote: >> >> Nice to see continued progress on Clojure 1.10! >> >> It is