I've now tried implementing the Student class (see previous posts) using reify, deftype, defrecord, and proxy, in each case specifying that they implement an interface (SteppableStudent) that extends the MASON Java interface Steppable. (The extended interface adds one method.)
The reify and deftype versions are as fast as my original gen-class version--a little bit faster, even--so that my all-Clojure version (using classes from the MASON library written in Java) can run at about half the speed of a pure Java version. However, in all versions (gen-class, reify, deftype, defrecord, proxy), I can only get maximum speed by the same awkward trick that I used with gen-class: I remove a type hint in Student.clj, compile all of the files, then I add back the type hint in Student.clj and recompile it. If I don't do this, I either get "java.lang.Exception: Cyclic load dependency"; or I can't compile Student.clj because Students doesn't exist, or can't compile Students.clj because Student doesn't exist. I thought I'd summarize all of this here for anyone who had followed this thread. I'll may post a new question, with additional details, in a new thread in this group, or in StackOverflow. I want to try some other things first. Although I have not yet solved the original problem, I've learned a great deal as a result of the suggestions people offered in this thread. Thanks! (I still wonder whether my problem can only be solved by a change to the Clojure compiler, but I have to investigate and think about the problem a bit more.) -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
