> would it be possible for routines to check to see if they are not > using multimethod-ness, and in that case be performance optimized, yet > have the syntax for them all be somehow less different?
There is certainly a case for that, but (correct me if I'm wrong), but one of the underlying philosophies to Clojure is "pay for what you use". This goes a long way toward explaining many of the language design decisions, mms being only one. On the other hand, it may be cleaner if multimethod-ness could be garnered from the way a common function form is ... well, formed: (fun <name> [] ...) ;; equivalent to defn (fun [] ...) ;; lambda (fun <name> :on [] ...) ;; equivalent to defmulti with bodies being the dispatch functions (fun <name> :when <dispatch value> [] ...) ;; equivalent to defmulti This could likely be done using macros. -m --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
