:use … :only doesn't have the problems of full :use. Enhancement ticket and patch for :use … :only welcome. Note it must support :use … :only only, i.e. :only is required.
Rich On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:01 AM, David Nolen wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > In Clojure, namespaces are different from the host's packages, in > ClojureScript they are the same (insofar as they match the Google Closure > approach). > > Makes sense. > > Why all the attention to :use - I thought everyone agreed using it is a bad > idea? > > I like pairing :use with :only especially between files that belong to the > same library. > > In any case, ClojureScript is a subset and right now that subset doesn't > include :use. People who want it will have to explain why they think it's > important. Its cost is that namespaces have to be enumerable, which poses > challenges for code (re)loading and modularity for Clojure. The only benefit > I see is that you can avoid a (minimum 2 character) prefix. > > Rich > > Yeah I can see the cost/benefit here. I haven't had time to dig into > ClojureScript for anything substantial so I don't know if this "feels" > problematic in practice. I suspect in the end it won't matter much and it > does encourage good style. > > David > > -- > 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 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
