On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Timothy Baldridge <tbaldri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> "Symbols begin with a non-numeric character and can contain alphanumeric >> characters and *, +, !, -, _, and ? ... Keywords are like symbols ..." > > But this is the documentation for the reader...not necessarily for > symbols/keywords. > > My argument is that clojure in no way validates the input to (symbol) > or (keyword) so why should we call this a bug? IMO, it's the same > problem with using Atoms and Refs with pr-str. If an Atom doesn't > round-trip through pr-str and the reader, is it somehow invalid? No, > it just means you shouldn't use it in cases where you need it to > round-trip. The same applies to keywords with unicode characters, or > symbols with spaces.
That's an apples-to-oranges comparison. Atoms and Refs are identities. Nobody expects identities to round-trip and keep their semantics. On the other hand, Keywords and Symbols are values. Everybody expects values to round-trip and keep their semantics, so when that fails to happen in some instance it violates least surprise. -- 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
