I think the issue is not with the lack of def-, but with the use of metadata for private, as well as the presence of defn-.
Becauae defn- exists, most newcomers think that postfix - on var defining special forms, macros and fns is how you mark things as private. But its not, defn- is a syntactic hack. The compiler and runtime looks for the private metadata on the Var for that. But metadata is easy to typo and always confusing as to where it needs to be inserted. Not sure there's a solution. Maybe reserved meta could be turned into a different syntax of reserved keywords which the compiler could validate if its misplaced or mistyped? Or postfix - on any first symbol in a form could be special syntax where the compiler auto-injects the private meta on the returned Var. -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
