Asterisks are valid characters for names, just like alphanumeric characters, dashes, question marks, etc.
According to Practical Clojure (http://books.google.com/books?id=4QacPa1vwMUC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=clojure+star+character&source=bl&ots=2yDJkpf6ni&sig=2bV8rr5qpn-ev5Y50MW9XpE5fKA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w2V0UM3cFq6H0QGx6YHwBg&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=clojure%20star%20character&f=false): "If a symbol is a constant or a global program setting, it often begins and ends with the star character (*)." On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Grant Rettke <gret...@acm.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Brian Craft <craft.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I know I saw an explanation of this on some obscure page, but I can't find >> it now. What's up with the symbols with stars at front & end? > > http://mumble.net/~campbell/scheme/style.txt > > -- > 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
