second: since the namespace is used in code with slashes, why was it decided
that it should have dots in the declaration/introduction?  That's just
confusing as far as I can tell.  It's probably way too late to debate
something like that, but maybe there's an "ah hah" reason.

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 PM, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote:

> first explicit question: after the example lib and the bullets, I don't see
> why there are two different keywords, "use" and "require".  Just look at the
> start of the sentences.  They are identical.  Why not just pick one of the
> two keywords and let "only" be a modifier when you want only certain things,
> and "as" be a modifier when you still want some level of qualification?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:56 PM, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> sure.  Thanks for the reference.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Stephen C. Gilardi <squee...@mac.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 23, 2009, at 4:54 PM, e wrote:
>>>
>>> [lots of stuff]
>>>
>>>
>>> Would you please take a look at the text and example at
>>> http://clojure.org/libs and ask questions about anything you don't
>>> understand in it? Once you understand libs (through reading and asking
>>> questions here), I think it will make learning the rest of how namespaces
>>> are used and why they're important in Clojure easier.
>>>
>>> --Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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