On Nov 23, 9:09 am, James Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 23, 11:38 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > According tohttp://clojure.org/reader:
>
> > > Keywords are like symbols, except:
>
> > > o They can and must begin with a colon, e.g. :fred.
> > > o They cannot contain '.' or name classes.
>
> > Shouldn't this throw an exception? It seems that keywords aren't
> > checked for correctness at all right now.
>
> I'd like to request that keywords continue to allow the '.' character,
> as it's useful for certain edge cases (Compojure and clj-html use it
> to specify class attributes, for instance). Does the inclusion of a
> '.' in a keyword introduce any syntax ambiguity I'm unaware of?
>
> Disallowing class names in keywords seems a little odd too, especially
> with AOT. If you compiled a Clojure file like clojure.contrib.def,
> would that mean you'd lose the ability to use the keyword :def?
>
I think you've both misread "they cannot name classes" to be - "They
cannot contain class names".
The symbol String can name a class but the keyword :String can't,
that's all I meant there.
As far as '.', that restriction has been relaxed. I'll try to touch up
the docs for the next release.
Rich
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