Add add-method?

[Chas Emerick]

I've often wanted an add-method function, for circumstances where a particular method is useful (or already exists) as a separate function. Of course, .addMethod is there when you need it, but the existence of remove-method and get-method makes the absence of add-method odd.

Additionally, I'd presume that having add-method would be useful for when ClojureScript gets multimethods, as it would eliminate that point of interop.

Thoughts? If this sounds reasonable, I'll open a ticket with a patch.

- Chas

[Michael Fogus]

I like it. One point of note--

Additionally, I'd presume that having add-method would be useful for when ClojureScript gets multimethods, as it would eliminate that point of interop.

Cljs already has multimethods, so I think I don't quite understand your statement.  

Thanks

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[Chas Emerick]

Bollocks.  My lack of ClojureScripting shows thinly through the veil.

Ticket forthcoming.

- Chas

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[Rich Hickey]

On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Chas Emerick wrote:

> I've often wanted an add-method function, for circumstances where a particular method is useful (or already exists) as a separate function.

Why don't you just define a method that calls it?

[Paul Stadig]

I'm not sure I understand your response, Rich. Surely you aren't
asking this question because you think that Chas doesn't know how to
define functions. That seems to be a given. I understood Chas to be
asking whether such a method could/should be added to Clojure because
it would be generally useful or a consistent extension of the current
API.

Do you think add-method would be a valuable addition to clojure.core?
Why or why not?


Paul