Discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/8e4e56f6fc65cc8e/618a893a5b2a5410

Currently, with-open calls .close when it's finished. I'd like it to have a (defmulti close type) so it's behavior is extensible. A standard method could be defined for java.io.Closeable and a :default method with no type hint. I've come across a few cases where some external library defines what is essentially a close method but names it shutdown or disable, etc., and adding my own "defmethod close" would be much easier than rewriting with-open. This would also allow people to eliminate reflection for classes like sql Connection that were created before Closeable.