Details
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Type:
Enhancement
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Declined
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: Release 1.4
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Component/s: None
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Labels:None
Description
Using Clojure from Java is very pleasant overall, but there are some rough edges, many of which could be smoothed over with very simple enhancements. I would suggest:
- there should be an RT.var or Var.find that takes a single string
- an IFn wrapper should be available that catches and rethrows Exceptions as RuntimeExceptions
- a simple class (clojure.lang.Clojure perhaps?) that provides a well-documented and stable API for common operations: requiring namespaces, loading files, finding vars, evaluating strings, etc. This also would have a side benefit of allowing breaking changes to the implementation details without breaking interop code.
There are others of this sort that I've come across; will update the above as I remember them.
While the title of this ticket is broad, it looks like the actual discussion is about rethrowing RuntimeException. Clojure 1.3 and later solve this problem a different way, by not declaring Exception on the relevant interface points.
Please add tickets for the other items discussed on the wiki as appropriate.