A previous discussion on the topic can be found here [1]. You can
easily add the private metadata yourself:
Clojure 1.2: (def ^{:private true} size 25)
Clojure 1.3: (def ^:private size 25)
I think probably the reason against it is that generally there is not
as much reason to use a constant, for example, outside of its
namespace as there is with functions, and therefore more need for
marking functions meant only for internal use as such (but that is
just guessing at other peoples' thought processes).
[1]
http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/80d873ef625221ac/243a0ad490150d3e?lnk=gst&q=def-#243a0ad490150d3e
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Rob Lally <rob.la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Whilst trying to minimise the visible surface areas of namespaces, I've often
> felt the need for a def- function/macro that marks a def'ed var with :private
> metadata. An analog of defn-, if you will.
>
> Is there a reason that I shouldn't do this or a reason that it doesn't seem
> to be a member of the core lib?
>
> In the spirit of Hunt & Thomas' "Select isn't broken", when I encounter
> something this trivial, useful and absent I tend to conclude that I'm the one
> who's got things wrong.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Rob.
>
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