mark
Reputation: 873
why aren't clojure strings of type clojure.string?
Just curious on why a string in Clojure isn't of type clojure.string, and instead is java.lang.String. It seems a bit odd that I need to require clojure.string to access the native Clojure string functions?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 146
Answers (1)
ponzao
Reputation: 20934
Because java.lang.String is immutable and doesn't break interoperability with Java. The functions in clojure.string can be mostly considered as a convenience layer on top of already existing functionality in the JDK and/or clojure.core.
Upvotes: 6
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