Namespace loading with deftype/defrecord used from Java

[Warren Lynn]

Basically, the issue is:

When a deftype/defrecord named class is used from Java, its containing
namespace is not loaded automatically, so even calling a function in
the same namespace will raise an exception like this:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Attempting to call unbound fn ...

An example:

(ns my-ns.core)

(defn test-func []
)

(defrecord testrec []
ITestProtocol
(init [this]
(test-func)))

In Java side, the below will fail:

rec = new testrec();
rec.init();

with an exception raised
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Attempting to call unbound fn #'my-
ns.core/test-func.

This issue was raised before about 1 and half year ago here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clojure-dev/4CtSVWcD15A/shpMuyjMpxsJ

And a work-around is provided, like here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10953621/clojure-deftype-calling-function-in-the-same-namespace-throws-java-lang-illegal

It took me hours to figure out the problem as everything works fine in
REPL itself.

Does anybody know if this issue will be addressed? Thank you.