user> (namespace :test) nil So it doesn't live in a namespace. But it is a distinct entity; a comparable value.
user> (= :test :test) true user> (= :test :bar) false user> (keyword "test") :test user> (namespace (keyword "test")) nil user> (namespace (keyword "test" "user")) "test" user> (namespace (keyworld "user" "test")) ; Evaluation aborted. user> (namespace (keyword "user" "test")) "user" That answers my question. Don't use a namespace, and the keyword is global. Pass in a namespace, and the keyword is in that namespace. I will definitely consider using the clojure printer/reader; that is a really really good idea, thanks! I am doing graphics work, so I may have to externalize certain data (like images and data buffers), but as long as the clojure printer prints text you have hit upon a really great solution! Chris On Dec 21, 12:26 pm, Randall R Schulz <rsch...@sonic.net> wrote: > On Sunday 21 December 2008 10:18, chris wrote: > > > Right, waking up a bit. > > > I would like, at some point, to serialize a bunch of structures to a > > byte stream. > > > They are the mapped structs (struct :data1 :data2). > > > Lets say I would like to do this generically, I need a function that > > takes a keyword and returns an integer. > > I will write out a mapping from integer to name to the file. > > You should at least consider just using the Clojure printer and reader > for your serialization / deserialization. > > > ... > > > Is there a keywords namespace that single colon keywords go into? > > Keywords and symbols are the same insofar they they all live in > namespace. The notation is consistent between the two: > > user=> (namespace :foo/bar) > "foo" > > user=> (name :foo/bar) > "bar" > > > Chris > > Randall Schulz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
