> I didn't find any description of the symbol _ in the Clojure docs.
> What is its exact status? Is it an ordinary symbol that is used by
> convention for unused arguments? Or is it interpreted in a special
> way by the reader or the compiler?

Looks like it is just an ordinary symbol used by convention:

user=> (def _ "fun")
#=(var user/_)
user=> _
"fun"

user=> (defn x [_] _)
#=(var user/x)
user=> (x 1)
1

Ironic really, considering it is such a controversial character :)


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