Hi, Clojure reads a file toplevel expression after toplevel expression and compiles and executes them separately (exception: toplevel "do" is split into its sub-expressions). The fact that things are stored in a file is just a coincidence. You can just as well type everything into the repl manually and you won't see a difference. Hence side-effects might occur.
To split a namespace across multiple files use load. ; split/master.clj (ns split.master ...) (def msg "Hello, World!") (load "slave") ; split/slave.clj (in-ns 'split.master) (defn greet [] (println msg)) ; split/consumer.clj (ns split.consumer (:use split.master)) (defn do-greet [] (greet)) Hope that helps. Sincerely Meikel -- 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