Clojurians Log v2

Dear friends: Seeking explanation. I noticed that certain with-gen specs describe as unknown. To wit:

(s/def ::foo (s/with-gen (fn [x] (integer? x))
               (fn [] (gen/return 42))))
(s/valid? ::foo 1234)
;; => true
(gen/generate (s/gen ::foo))
;; => 42
(s/describe ::foo)
;; => :clojure.spec.alpha/unknown

(s/def ::bar (s/with-gen integer?
               (fn [] (gen/return 43))))
(s/valid? ::bar 2345)
;; => true
(gen/generate (s/gen ::bar))
;; => 43
(s/describe ::bar)
;; => integer?

(fn [x] (integer? x)) is an anonymous function, which is just an opaque object so there is no way in Clojure to work backward from that to a form

with things like integer? we are working some magic to see that's a function tied to a var and demunging a class name to recover it

in spec 2, we are able to get rid of all of that and better capture forms by having well separated symbolic and object layers, so eventually this will be improved

That makes sense, Alex. ty. I did notice that sometimes (specifically when there is no with-gen) describe can report an anonymous function:

(s/def ::baz (fn [x] (integer? x)))
(s/describe ::baz)
;; => (fn [x] (integer? x))

in that case, s/def is a macro and can capture the form

with-gen is a function and the args are evaluated before invocation

there is another option too that is a macro and can specify a custom generator:

user=> (s/def ::foo (s/spec (fn [x] (integer? x)) :gen (fn [] (gen/return 42))))
:user/foo
user=> (s/describe ::foo)
(fn [x] (integer? x))

(although this is a different known problem in that it omits the custom gen)

great stuff. tyvm