2009/2/13 Stephen C. Gilardi <squee...@mac.com> > I wonder what the rationale was for making it so namespaces need to be >> quoted when using in-ns. They don't need to be quoted when using ns. >> For example, I have >> >> (ns com.ociweb.talk (:gen-class)) in one file >> >> and >> >> (in-ns 'com.ociweb.talk) in another. >> >> I guess this is because it's conceivable one might want to use in-ns >> with a variable, but that's not the case with ns. >> > > That's certainly in the right ballpark. There was some discussion I saw > recently of changing "in-ns/require/use/refer" into macros that accept > unquoted names for the namespaces they deal with. The need for occasional > use with evaluated symbols could be addressed by providing in-ns*, require*, > use*, refer* as corresponding functions. I'm in favor of that change. > > I would also like to see ":load" take symbols (in addition to strings) as > arguments especially now that the strings it takes no longer include a > suffix. The usual "."->"/" and "-"->"_" translations would apply. > > (ns foo > (:load foo.bar foo.baz foo.quux)) > > and then of course, the prefix list convenience: > > (ns foo > (:load (foo bar baz quux)) >
Yes, and the prefix list convenience would also solve Stephen's problem with the violation of the DRY principle in this area :-) -- Laurent --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
