octopusgrabbus <octopusgrab...@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there any reason to compile a Clojure library with :aot?

Here's all the reasons I know of for doing AOT-compilation:

  - The code produces JVM classes with `clojure.core/gen-class`, which
    only produces any results when compiling.

  - The code needs to expose a JVM class as an entry-point for a JVM
    framework which expects to find and instantiate a class through
    reflection.  (Usually in tandem with the previous case.)

  - One wishes to build and distribute source-less JARs of only the
    compiled code.

Any I'm missing?

An open-source Clojure library intended for use from Clojure might hit
the first case, but I don't believe very frequently.

-Marshall

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