Thanks for your quick responses. I guess having clojure behave this way is obvious and consistent (with having to explicitly fill in the vararg).
Sometimes I forget that Java does things that are syntactically 'nice' but otherwise unexpected which often isn't ideal to emulate in other languages... but I have mixed thoughts if this is actually the best stance in this case. I guess if I felt strongly enough I could always fork and submit a patch... Again thanks for clarifying and the suggested solution. B. On Jan 10, 10:45 pm, Tassilo Horn <tass...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > bjconlan <bcon...@gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > > Just writing that feels confusing (let alone the quasi techno babble) > > so here is the example: > > >http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Paths.html > > > there are 2 static methods in the class "Path". > > > Path.get(String first, String... more): usage examples: > > Path.get("foo"); > > Path.get("foo", new String[] {"bar", "baz"}); > > Why not just Path.get("foo", "bar", "baz"); > > > and > > > Path.get(URI uri) > > > Now when trying to use the first function in clojure such as > > (Path/get "foo") > > the Path.get(URI) method will be resolved. > > > Now my question(s): > > Is there a clean way to call this function (beside my current work > > around "(Path/get "foo" (make-array String 0))"). Is this a bug? Is > > this just me being idealistic in the way I want this to work? Is there > > an undocumented (or simply unread) way to make type-hinting work for > > me in this case? > > I think, from a clojure perspective, any varargs java method parameter > is just one ordinary array type parameter, cause that's what it is in > the byte-code. > > If you need that method frequently, a slight wrapper might be > convenient: > > (defn paths-get [s & more] > (java.nio.file.Paths/get s (into-array String more))) > > Bye, > Tassilo -- 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
