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Multimethod prefer-method use
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gistfile1.clj
user> (defmulti m type)
#'user/m
user> (defmethod m Comparable [_] "comparable")
#<MultiFn clojure.lang.MultiFn@49c1e1e7>
user> (defmethod m Number [_] "number")
#<MultiFn clojure.lang.MultiFn@49c1e1e7>
user> (m "a")
"comparable"
user> (m 7)
; Evaluation aborted (exception complaining about conflicting matches for Number and Comparable)
user> (prefer-method m Number Comparable)
#<MultiFn clojure.lang.MultiFn@49c1e1e7>
user> (m 7)
"number"
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