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Re: instance?
> > > I'd like to implement an alternate to `instance?' by creating a `?'
> > > method in a define-namespace alias.
> To my mind, it's analogous the the "new" method name.
I'm of the same opinion -- but I'd recommend a more conventionally
lexical symbol to the right of the colon. A form along the lines of
(foo:instance? x) would seem more aesthetically well formed...
TD
Chris Dean writes:
>
> > It's in rewriteToInvocation in gnu/expr/InlineCalls.java.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > > I'd like to implement an alternate to `instance?' by creating a `?'
> > > method in a define-namespace alias.
> >
> > Hm. That is a bit of a hack. Note sure whether I like it or not.
>
> Interesting. It seems very elegant to me. To my mind, it's analogous
> the the "new" method name.
>
> Regards,
> Chris Dean
>