On Monday, April 30, 2012 12:19:00 PM UTC-4, Philip Potter wrote: > > Note that, even though this works, $ is not a valid character in a > clojure symbol. > > See > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/5af5d892f2e84212/0c5dc6b6a1578f07?#0c5dc6b6a1578f07 > > > and http://clojure.org/reader > > So: is the behaviour discussed intentional? If so, should $ be made > explicitly valid in symbols? > > I wouldn't put too much stock in what it says at clojure.org/reader - it hasn't been updated in a long time. The implementation is probably a more definitive definition of what characters are allowed.
Consider, for example, that according to that page, ">" is not a legal character, but the threading macros, -> and ->> have been in core for ages. I doubt that those are suddenly going to be removed one day when Rich notices that they are illegal :) - Chris -- 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
