I have learned that instances of records do not eval to themselves.
This seems inconsistent to me. I am curious if this is intentional or
if it is a gap in the current record implementation in Clojure.
Thanks.
-David
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(defn eval-type [x]
(class (eval x)))
;; instances of structural types evaluate to themselves
(eval-type {:a 100})
;; -> clojure.lang.PersistentArrayMap
(eval-type [100])
;; -> clojure.lang.PersistentVector
;; instances of java objects evaluate to themselves
(eval-type "hello")
;; -> java.lang.String
(eval-type (java.util.Date.))
;; -> java.util.Date
(eval-type (java.util.Locale. "en" "US"))
;; -> java.util.Locale
;; but instances of records...
(defrecord Foo [a])
(eval-type (Foo. 100))
;; -> clojure.lang.PersistentArrayMap
;; .. evaluate to maps not instances of the record class?
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