Hi, On Aug 12, 11:54 am, Tayssir John Gabbour <[email protected]> wrote:
> On this topic, how do primitives work? I heard something about > "function boundaries." Which I interpret to mean that when a function > returns a primitive, Clojure boxes it in some Java object. And type > declarations can't stop this boxing from happening. > > Is this a correct understanding? This is correct, because the invoke methods of the IFn interface are based on Object, thus cannot return (or take) primitives. > And what is the performance penalty here? Not sure, but putting performance critical code into a let with unboxing the primitives proofed to be a good idea in the past. Sincerely Meikel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
