java method calls cannot omit varargs
Description
Problem
Clojure calls to Java vararg methods require creating an object array for the final arg. This is a frequent source of confusion when doing interop.
E.g., trying to call java.util.Collections.addAll(Collection c, T... elements):
The Method class provides an isVarArg() method, which could be used to inform the compiler to process things differently.
From http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/7d0d6cb32656a621
Latest patch: Removed because incomplete and goal not clear
Varargs in Java
As currently stated, the scope of this ticket is only to omit varargs, but this is only one case where Clojures handling of varargs differs from Java. For completeness, here is a brief survey of how Java handles vararg methods, which could hopefully inform a discussion for how Clojure could do things differently, and what the goal of this ticket should be.
Given the following setup:
VarArgs.java
Java | Possible clojure equivalent? | Comments |
|---|---|---|
VarArgs.SingleVarargMethod.m("a"); | (SingleVarargMethod/m "a") | |
VarArgs.SingleVarargMethod.m("a", "b"); | (SingleVarargMethod/m "a" "b") | |
VarArgs.SingleVarargMethod.m("a", "b", "c"); | (SingleVarargMethod/m "a" "b" "c") | |
VarArgs.SingleVarargMethod.m("a", new String[]{"b", "c"}); | (SingleVarargMethod/m "a" (object-array ["b" "c"])) | |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m(); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m) | |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m((String) null); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m nil) | Use type hints to disambiguate? |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m((String[]) null); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m nil) | Use type hints to disambiguate? |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m("a", null); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m "a" nil) | |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m("a", new String[]{}); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m "a" (object-array 0)) | |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m(new String[]{"a"}); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m (object-array ["a"])) | |
VarArgs.MultipleVarargMethods.m("a", new String[]{"b", "c"}); | (MultipleVarargMethods/m "a" (object-array ["b" "c"])) |
