On Nov 12, 6:49 pm, samppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Onhttp://clojure.org/reader...
>
> A shorthand version allows the metadata to be a simple symbol or
> keyword, in which case it is
> treated as a single entry map with a key of :tag and a value of
> the symbol provided, e.g.:
> #^String x is the same as #^{:tag String} x
> Such tags can be used to convey type information to the compiler.
>
> I'm just wondering, does tag metadata do anything right now? If not,
> what is planned for its use?
>
Tag metadata is used currently to convey type hints to the compiler.
Rich
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