On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Stuart Halloway wrote: > In teaching people Clojure, non-intuitive behavior with use/require is the #1 > problem for beginners, by a mile. I believe we need both ordinary function > and macro versions, and I am pretty sure that a well-considered patch > implementing this would be accepted. > > SS: is require* an acceptable name for the function version?
I think it's a good name and a good idea. I believe it's also possible to make the change backward compatible so arguments to the new require macro would work quoted or not. (by detecting and ignoring (quote ...) special forms in arguments). --Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
