> > I was wondering if anyone has been working > on implementing a bit syntax for Clojure in the rough conceptual style > of Erlang's bit syntax. >
I'm not an erlang-pro, just dabbled enough to know I like the pattern matching, which is what you're talking about here, I believe. > I'm looking for a Clojure adaptation of the core > concept and tool as it exists in Erlang So, as I understand it, in erlang you have a function and each implementation of that function is guarded by a pattern, in the case of the bit syntax you're able to look at arbitrary binary data. I think compojure provides an interesting template for this; instead of defining `routes` you define patterns (expressed however you want, you just need to create the macros for it), when those patterns match you execute the accompanying forms. The major issue I see here is performance, you would probably have to copy everything off the buffer to actually run it through the pattern matching function. I suppose the copying could be limited to just when you have a full packet, so you'd need another set of logic for defining what a full packet is, IRC erlang does this too when you define your socket options. To that point... I've also seen Zach Tellman's Gloss[2], but I'm not sure > it's what I want. It is highly likely I've missed something I was at Zach's gloss talk two weeks ago and I think it is definitely what you want, at least to start: https://github.com/ztellman/gloss/wiki -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
