On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Rob Lachlan <robertlach...@gmail.com> wrote: > There seems to be a discrepancy between what keyword names are > supposed to be allowed, according to the reader documentation, and > which the reader actually allows. For instance, periods are supposed > to be disallowed in keyword names, and only one forward slash allowed, > but no errors are thrown at something like this:
I think the official stance is that there's a big difference between what is officially supported and what you happen to be able to do in the current version without things blowing up. > Using the keyword function, we seem to be able to make keywords out of > any pair arbitrary strings, even including spaces. I submitted a patch for this over a year ago, but I gather there were some concerns about the runtime cost of such behaviour. It's one of the most long-standing tickets still open: https://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/17-gc-issue-13-%09validate-in-(keyword-s)-and-(symbol-s) -Phil -- 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
