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      1. this is a terrible idea right
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @ra
      maybe less terrible?
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
  1. …in reply to @ra
    the more i think about it the better i feel about this
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @ra
      you associate a bytecode inlining function with an existing var. the function takes the AST of the original invoke expression + symbolizers
      1. …in reply to @ra
        the inlining fn returns typehinted bytecode to replace the default invoke bytecode. typehint specifies the expected type of that expression.
        1. …in reply to @ra
          if the inlining function returns nil, the compiler backs out and emits invoke bytecode as usual, respecting clojure's :inline metadata
          1. …in reply to @ra
            this allows for control of type flow and bytecode emission from outside the compiler. combined with macros this could be really powerful.